# ܝܘܢ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn) and Ἰωνία (Iōnía); compare Hebrew יָוָן (yaván) and Arabic الْيُونَان (al-yūnān).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [jɑːwan.]

#### Proper noun

ܝܵܘܲܢ • (yāwan) f
* Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
    Synonym: ܗܲܠܸܣ (hallis)
** c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Acts 20:2:ܚܕ݂ܝܼܪ ܠܹܗ ܒܗܵܘ ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ ܘܡܠܘܼܒܸܒ݂ ܠܹܗ ܠܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܒܡܸ̈ܠܹܐ ܣܲܓܝܼ̈ܐܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܘܐ݇ܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܝܵܘܲܢ ܘܦܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܬܲܡܵܐ ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ.ḥḏīr lēh bhāw aṯrā w-mlūbiḇ lēh l-nāšē b-millē sagīˀāṯā w-ṯē lēh l-yāwan w-pīš lēh tammā tlāṯā yarḥē.Now when he had gone over that region and encouraged them with many words, he came to Greece where he stayed for three months.
** c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Daniel 8:21:ܬܲܝܫܵܐ ܡܲܠܟܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܝܵܘܲܢ ܝܼܠܹܗ. ܩܲܪܢܵܐ ܪܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܒܹܝܢ ܥܲܝ̈ܢܘܼܗܝ، ܗ̇ܘ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ.tayšā malkūṯā d-yāwan īlēh. qarnā rabṯā d-bēn ˁaynūh, awa ìlēh malkā qammāyā.And the male goat is the kingdom of Greece. The large horn that is between its eyes is the first king.

##### Derived terms

* ܝܵܘܢܵܝܵܐ (yāwnāyā, “Greek”)

#### Proper noun

ܝܵܘܲܢ • (yāwan) m
* (biblical) Javan, the fourth son of Japheth
** c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Genesis 10:2:ܒܢܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܲܦ̮ܬ: ܓܵܡܵܪ، ܘܡܵܓ݂ܘܿܓ݂، ܘܡܵܕ݂ܲܝ، ܘܝܵܘܲܢ، ܘܬܘܼܒ݂ܵܠ، ܘܡܵܫܵܟ݂، ܘܬܝܼܪܵܣ.bnōnē d-yaft: gāmār, w-māḡōḡ, w-māḏay, wyāwan, w-tūḇāl, w-māšāḵ, w-tīrās.The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

### Etymology 2

* Root
* ܗ ܘ ܐ (h w ˀ)
* 8 terms
Variant of ܗܘܹܝܢ (hwēn), contraction of *ܗܘܹܐ ܐ݇ܢܵܐ (*hwē nā).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ʔiːwɪn.]

#### Verb

ܝܼܘܸܢ • (īwen) m
* first-person singular masculine present indicative of ܗܵܘܹܐ (hāwē): I am

### Etymology 3

Variant of ܗܸܘܝܲܢ (hiwyan), contraction of *ܗܸܘܝܵܐ ܐ݇ܢܵܐ (*hiwyā nā).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ʔiːwɑnː]

#### Verb

ܝܼܘܵܢ • (īwān) f
* first-person singular feminine present indicative of ܗܵܘܹܐ (hāwē): I am

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [yawɑn]

### Noun

ܝܘܢ • (yawān) m
* (biblical) Javan
* A historical region in Southeast Europe, home of the Greeks
    Synonyms: ܒܝܬ ܝܘܢܝ̈ܐ, ܗܠܣ
* Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
    Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܝܘܢܝܬܐ

#### Derived terms

* ܝܘܢܝܐ (“Greek”)
** ܝܘܢܐܝܬ (“in Greek”)

#### Related terms

* ܐܢܛܘܠܝܐ (“Anatolia”)
* ܒܘܙܢܛܝܘܢ (“Byzantium”)
* ܐܬܢܘܣ (“Athens”)
* ܐܣܦܪܛܝܐ (“Spartan”)
* ܠܐܩܘܢܝܩܐ (“Laconian”)

### References

* ܝܘܢ on syriacdictionary.net
* Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 419
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 190
* Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 570
* Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press

### Further reading

ܝܘܢ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{arc}$