توانا

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /twaːnaː/

Proper noun

توانا (twana)

a male given name

Persian

Etymology

From (tavân, present stem of (tavânestan, “can, to be able”)) +‎ (-â).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tu.waː.ˈnaː/, /ta.waː.ˈnaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑː.nɑː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑː.nɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɔː.nɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.vɒː.nɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.vɔ.nɔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tuwānā, tawānā
Dari reading^?	tawānā
Iranian reading^?	tavânâ
Tajik reading^?	tavono

Adjective

توانا • (tavânâ) (comparative تواناتَر, superlative تواناتَرین)

powerful
Synonyms: قدرتمند (qodratmand), پرقدرت (porqodrat), مقتدر (moqtader)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tawānā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ʋɑː.nɑː/

Adjective

تَوانا • (tavānā) (Hindi spelling तवाना)

powerful

Further reading

“توانا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “توانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.