راهوان
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian راهوار (rāhwār).
Alternative forms
- راهوار (rahvar), رهوار (rehvar) — early
- րահվան (rahvan) — Armeno-Turkish
Noun
راهوان • (rahvan)
- amble, trot (gait)
- Synonym: یورغه (yorğa)
- راهوان كتمك ― rahvan gitmek ― to amble
- راهوان یورومك ― rahvan yürümek ― to amble
- 1868, Miguel de Cervantes, chapter 30, in Յովհաննէս Տէրոյենց [Yovhannēs Tēroyencʻ], transl., Տօն Քիշեօդ: Գըսմը էվվէլ [Don Kişyot: Kısmı evvel, Don Quixote: Part 1], Constantinople: Yovhannēs Tēroyencʻ Press, page 407:
- […] մըզրաղընը ալէստա թութտու, վէ թարլանըն իչինտէ էօթէպէրի տօլաշտըգտան սօնրա՝ պէյկիրինի րահվան եօրիւտէրէք կէրի կէլտի վէ տէտի […] (Armeno-Turkish)
- […] mızrağını alesda tutdu, ve tarlanın içinde öteberi dolaşdıkdan sonra, beygirini rahvan yorüderek geri geldi ve dedi […]
- […] he held his spear at the ready, and after wandering here and there in the field, he came back making his horse amble, and said […]
- horse that ambles, or with a good regular gait
Adjective
راهوان • (rahvan)
Descendants
- Turkish: rahvan
- → Albanian: revan
- → Armenian: ըռահվան (əṙahvan), ռահվան (ṙahvan), ռա̈հվան (ṙähvan), ռեհվան (ṙehvan)
- → Arabic: رَهْوَان (rahwān)
- → Aromanian: arivani, arãvani, rivani
- → Bulgarian: рава́н (raván), рахва́н (rahván), раава́н (raaván), рява́н (rjaván), арава́н (araván)
- → Cappadocian Greek: ραχβάν (rachván), ραφχάνια (rafchánia), γιραφάν (girafán)
- → Greek: ραβάνι (raváni), ραχβάνι (rachváni), αραβάν’ (araván’), ρεβάνι (reváni)
- → Macedonian: раван (ravan)
- → Polish: rahwan
- → Serbo-Croatian: ràhvān / ра̀хва̄н, rāvȁn / ра̄в̏ан, ràvān / ра̀ва̄н
References
- Sami (1899), page 657a: “راهوان”
- Redhouse (1890), page 960b: “راهوان”
- Kelekian (1911), page 614a: “راهوان”
- Sami (1883), page 528b: “راهوان”
- Meninski Lexicon, columns 2398f.: “رهوار”, column 2268: “راهوار”
- Nişanyan Sözlük, “rahvan”
Etymology 2
Noun
راهوان • (rahvan)
- alternative form of راهدار (rahdar). customs officer, tollman
References
- Meninski Lexicon, column 2268: “راهوان”