# عنوان
## Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕun.waːn/
** (Moroccan) IPA: /ʕun.waːn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

عُنْوَان or عِنْوَان • (ʕunwān or ʕinwān) m (plural عَنَاوِين (ʕanāwīn))
* title (of book) — and "anything that serves as an indication of another thing is called its عُنْوَان (Lane's Lexicon).
* address
    اُكْتُب لِي إِلَى عُنْوَانِي. ― uktub lī ʔilā ʕunwānī. ― Write to me at my address.
* index
* royal signature
* front
* beginning
* pretext
* manner, method, quality

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: ünvan
* → Ottoman Turkish: عنوان
** > Turkish: (superseded) unvan, ⇒ ünvan (inherited)
* → Persian: عنوان
** → Hindustani:
    Urdu: عنوان ('nvān)
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਨਵਾਨ (anavān)
    Shahmukhi script: عنوان (anvān)
* → Swahili: anwani
** → Iraqw: anwaani
* → Uyghur: ئۇنۋان (unwan)
* → Uzbek: unvon

#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عنوان”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “عنو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕin.waːn/, [ʕenˈwæːn]

### Noun

عنوان • (ʕinwān) m (plural عناوين (ʕanawīn))
* address
* title

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

### Noun

عنوان • (unvan)
* title
** 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎, page 501:عنوانی خلیفه اولسون ، نه اولورسه اولسون هیچ كمسه بو ملتك مقدراتنده مشاركت صاحبی اوله‌ماز.Unvanı halife olsun, ne olursa olsun hiç kimse bu milletin mukadderatında müşareket sahibi olamaz.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* > Turkish: (superseded) unvan, ⇒ ünvan (inherited)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔun.ˈwɑːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔʊn.wɑ́ːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔʊn.wɑ́ːn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔʊn.wɑ́ːn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔun.wɔ́ːn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔoɱ.vɒ́ːn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔuɱ.vɔ́n]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

عُنوان • ('onvân) (plural عَناوین ('anâvin) or عُنوان‌ها ('onvân-hâ))
* title (to a book, article, etc.)
* title (word of address)
* pretext, excuse
* manner, method

#### Derived terms

* به عنوان (be 'onvân-e)
* عنوان کردن ('onvân kardan)

#### Descendants

* → Hindustani:
    Urdu: عنوان ('nvān)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਨਵਾਨ (anavān)
    Shahmukhi script: عنوان (anvān)

#### See also

* سرنامه (sarnâme)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕin.waːn/, [ʕɪnˈwæːn], [ʕɪnˈwaːn]
* IPA: /ʕun.waːn/, [ʕʊnˈwæːn], [ʕʊnˈwaːn]
* Audio (Amman):(file)

### Noun

عنوان • (ʕinwān, ʕunwān) m (plural عناوين (ʕanāwīn))
* address
* headline, title, heading

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عنوان ('unvān), itself from Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /(ʔ)ʊn.ʋɑːn/
* (colloquial) IPA: /ən.ʋɑːn/
* Rhymes: -ɑːn
* Hyphenation: عُن‧وان

### Noun

عُنْوان • (’unvān) m (formal plural عَناوِین ('anāvīn), Hindi spelling उनवान)
* title, headline
* topic
* preface
* introduction

### References

* “عنوان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عنوان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* “عنوان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.