# iwan
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ایوان (aywān, “porch”); see it for more. Doublet of apadana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiːwɑːn/

### Noun

iwan (plural iwans)
* A large, vaulted chamber with a monumental arched opening on one side.

#### Alternative forms

* aiwan, ivan

#### Related terms

* liwan
* apadana

### References

* ↑ “iwan”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

### Further reading

* iwan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* IAWN, Wain, inaw, wain

## Ainu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ìꜛɰᵝán]

### Numeral

iwan (Kana spelling イワン)
* six

## Middle English
### Noun

iwan (uncountable)
* Alternative form of iwon

## Moere
### Noun

iwan
* ear

### Further reading

* Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)

## Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl
### Conjunction

iwan
* and

## Polish
### Etymology

From Iwan.

### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /ˈi.van/

### Noun

iwan m pers
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, derogatory) devil (contemptible person)

### Further reading

* Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “iwan”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 303
* Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “iwan”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 132

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Philippine *áyaw (“to leave, redistribute”) + -an (ayawan → aywan → ewan → iwan). Cognates with Mansaka ayaw (“to leave”) and Cebuano ayaw (“to cry (as a child) when left behind”). See also ayaw. Doublet of aywan. An alternate etymology from Panganiban (1973) posits it theoretically to be from iwi (“taking care of a domestic animal in behalf of the owner”) +‎ -an.
Attested in the Doctrina Christiana as œvan, written in Baybayin as ᜁᜏ (iwa), most likely reflecting ewan or eywan. In the book, the ⟨œ⟩ character (possibly an ⟨æ⟩ character) was sometimes written in Baybayin as ᜀ (a). Hence, the word can also reflect aywan.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔiwan/ [ˈʔiː.wɐn̪]
* Rhymes: -iwan
* Syllabification: i‧wan

### Verb

iwan (complete iniwan, progressive iniiwan, contemplative iiwan, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜏᜈ᜔)
* to be left behind (a person or thing)
    Synonyms: di-isama, di-dalhin
* to be abandoned; to be forsaken; to be let alone
    Synonyms: bayaan, pabayaan, layasan
* to be gotten away from
    Synonyms: lisanan, layuan
* to be entrusted
    Synonyms: ibilin, ihabilin

#### Derived terms

* iwan sa ere
* maiwan

### Noun

iwan (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜏᜈ᜔)
* act of leaving something behind

#### Derived terms

* iwan sa ere
* iwanan
* mag-iwan
* magpaiwan
* maiwan
* maiwan
* maiwanan
* mang-iwan
* mapag-iwanan
* pag-iwan
* paiwan

### Further reading

* “iwan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 189
* Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 573
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

### Anagrams

* wani

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ighọ́n (Owé)
* uwán (Ào)
* uọ́n (Ekiti)

### Etymology

From Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ́-ɓã́

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.wã́/

### Noun

iwán
* (Ondo, Ikalẹ) tongue
    Synonym: ahọ́n
    Synonym: pálárun (Akure)

### References

* Ogen, Olukoya. The Akoko-Ikale: A Revision of Colonial Historiography on the Construction of Ethnic Identity in Southeastern Yorubaland , 2014