"جهان" meaning in Persian

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Adjective

IPA: [d͡ʒi.ˈhɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [d͡ʒe̞.ɦɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [d͡ʒe̞.ɦɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [d͡ʒi.jɑ́ːn] [Kabuli], [d͡ʒi.jɔ́ːn] (note: Hazaragi), [d͡ʒe.ɦɒ́ːn] [Iran, formal], [d͡ʒi.ɦɔ́n] [Tajik, formal] Forms: jehân [romanization]
Etymology: جه (jeh, present stem of جستن (jastan, “to leap”)) + ـان (-ân). Etymology templates: {{m|fa|جستن|t=to leap|tr=jastan}} جستن (jastan, “to leap”), {{af|fa|جه|ـان|pos1=present stem of <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa">جستن</i> (jastan, “to leap”)|tr1=jeh|tr2=-ân}} جه (jeh, present stem of جستن (jastan, “to leap”)) + ـان (-ân) Head templates: {{fa-adj|tr=jehân}} جهان • (jehân)
  1. leaping; bounding
    Sense id: en-جهان-fa-adj-qZyZIz-Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: [d͡ʒa.ˈhɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [d͡ʒi.ˈhɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [d͡ʒɑːɑ́ːn] [Kabuli], [d͡ʒɔːɔ́ːn] (note: Hazaragi), [d͡ʒæ.ɦɒ́ːn] [Iran, formal], [d͡ʒä.ɦɔ́n] [Tajik, formal] Forms: jahân [romanization]
Rhymes: -ân Etymology: From Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”), from Proto-Iranian *gayθānām, the genitive plural form of Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”) (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”)), equivalent to Middle Persian [script needed] (gēh) + [script needed] (ān), with the former component from Proto-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). The original meaning of the word in Old Iranian and Middle Persian was (worldly) creatures, but the term in late Middle Persian and in Modern Persian came to mean ‘world’ in general. Doublet of کیهان (keyhân). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|t=worldly creatures, world|tr=gyhʾn'|ts=gēhān}} Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”), {{inh|fa|ira-pro||*gayθānām}} Proto-Iranian *gayθānām, {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*gay-θā-|t=living, existence}} Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”), {{cog|ae|𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁|𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁-|t=world; creature}} Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”), {{affix|pal||tr1=gēh|tr2=ān}} [script needed] (gēh) + [script needed] (ān), {{der|fa|ira-pro|*ǰáyH-|t=to live}} Proto-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), {{der|fa|iir-pro|*ǰáyH-|t=to live}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), {{der|fa|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-|t=to live}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), {{doublet|fa|کیهان|tr1=keyhân}} Doublet of کیهان (keyhân) Head templates: {{head|fa|proper noun|||||head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|id=|tr=jahân|tr2=|tr3=|tr4=}} جهان • (jahân), {{fa-proper noun|tr=jahân}} جهان • (jahân)
  1. a male or female given name, Jahan Categories (topical): Persian female given names, Persian given names, Persian male given names
    Sense id: en-جهان-fa-name-Rd2cQPnp Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian terms suffixed with ان Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 34 53 13 Disambiguation of Persian terms suffixed with ان: 24 72 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʒa.ˈhɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [d͡ʒi.ˈhɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [d͡ʒɑːɑ́ːn] [Kabuli], [d͡ʒɔːɔ́ːn] (note: Hazaragi), [d͡ʒæ.ɦɒ́ːn] [Iran, formal], [d͡ʒä.ɦɔ́n] [Tajik, formal] Forms: jahân [romanization], جهانها [plural]
Rhymes: -ân Etymology: From Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”), from Proto-Iranian *gayθānām, the genitive plural form of Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”) (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”)), equivalent to Middle Persian [script needed] (gēh) + [script needed] (ān), with the former component from Proto-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). The original meaning of the word in Old Iranian and Middle Persian was (worldly) creatures, but the term in late Middle Persian and in Modern Persian came to mean ‘world’ in general. Doublet of کیهان (keyhân). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|t=worldly creatures, world|tr=gyhʾn'|ts=gēhān}} Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”), {{inh|fa|ira-pro||*gayθānām}} Proto-Iranian *gayθānām, {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*gay-θā-|t=living, existence}} Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”), {{cog|ae|𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁|𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁-|t=world; creature}} Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”), {{affix|pal||tr1=gēh|tr2=ān}} [script needed] (gēh) + [script needed] (ān), {{der|fa|ira-pro|*ǰáyH-|t=to live}} Proto-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), {{der|fa|iir-pro|*ǰáyH-|t=to live}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), {{der|fa|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-|t=to live}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), {{doublet|fa|کیهان|tr1=keyhân}} Doublet of کیهان (keyhân) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|جهانها|||||f1tr=jahân-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=jahân|tr2=|tr3=}} جهان • (jahân) (plural جهانها (jahân-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=جهانها|tr=jahân}} جهان • (jahân) (plural جهانها (jahân-hâ))
  1. world; universe Synonyms: دنیا, گیتی, عالم, گیهان (geyhân) [archaic]
    Sense id: en-جهان-fa-noun-1DGFV-6t Categories (other): Persian terms with collocations Derived forms: جهانی (jahâni), جهانگرد (jahângard), جهاننما (jahân-namâ), جهانبین (jahân-bin), جهانآرا (jahân-ârâ), پا به جهان گذاشتن (pâ be jahân gozâštan), جهانگیر (jahân-gir), جهاندار (jahân-dâr), جهانگشا (jahân-gošâ), جهانبخش (jahân-baxš), جهانآفرین (jahân-âfarin), جهانِ سوم (jahân-e sevvom), جهانوطن (jahân-vatan), جهانپهلوان (jahân-pahlavân), جهاندیده (jahân-dide), جهانشُمول (jahân-šomul)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "cahan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: cahan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: cahan"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "ջիհան",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: ջիհան (ǰihan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: ջիհան (ǰihan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "йыһан",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: йыһан (yıhan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: йыһан (yıhan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "জাহান",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: জাহান (jahan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: জাহান (jahan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "જહાન",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: જહાન (jahān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: જહાન (jahān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "जहान"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: जहान (jahān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: जहान (jahān)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "ur",
            "2": "جہان",
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          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: جہان (jahān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: جہان (jahān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "жаһан",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: жаһан (jahan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: жаһан (jahan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "johan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: johan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: johan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "johan"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: johan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: johan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "جهان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "cihan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: جهان (cihan)\nTurkish: cihan",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: جهان (cihan)\nTurkish: cihan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਜਹਾਨ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਜਹਾਨ (jahān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਜਹਾਨ (jahān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "جہان",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "jahān"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: جہان (jahān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: جہان (jahān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rhg",
            "2": "jáhan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rohingya: jáhan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rohingya: jáhan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "jahan",
            "3": "älem-jahan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkmen: jahan, älem-jahan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "jahon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: jahon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: jahon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "جاھان",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: جاھان (jahan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: جاھان (jahan)"
    }
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        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "t": "worldly creatures, world",
        "tr": "gyhʾn'",
        "ts": "gēhān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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        "3": "",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁",
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        "t": "world; creature"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "",
        "tr1": "gēh",
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      },
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      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
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        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*ǰáyH-",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ǰáyH-",
        "t": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷeyh₃-",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "کیهان",
        "tr1": "keyhân"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of کیهان (keyhân)",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”), from Proto-Iranian *gayθānām, the genitive plural form of Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”) (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”)), equivalent to Middle Persian [script needed] (gēh) + [script needed] (ān), with the former component from Proto-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).\nThe original meaning of the word in Old Iranian and Middle Persian was (worldly) creatures, but the term in late Middle Persian and in Modern Persian came to mean ‘world’ in general.\nDoublet of کیهان (keyhân).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jahân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "جهانها",
      "roman": "jahân-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "jahân-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "jahân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "جهان • (jahân) (plural جهانها (jahân-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "جهانها",
        "tr": "jahân"
      },
      "expansion": "جهان • (jahân) (plural جهانها (jahân-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "jahâni",
          "word": "جهانی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahângard",
          "word": "جهانگرد"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-namâ",
          "word": "جهاننما"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-bin",
          "word": "جهانبین"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-ârâ",
          "word": "جهانآرا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pâ be jahân gozâštan",
          "word": "پا به جهان گذاشتن"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-gir",
          "word": "جهانگیر"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-dâr",
          "word": "جهاندار"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-gošâ",
          "word": "جهانگشا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-baxš",
          "word": "جهانبخش"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-âfarin",
          "word": "جهانآفرین"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-e sevvom",
          "word": "جهانِ سوم"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-vatan",
          "word": "جهانوطن"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-pahlavân",
          "word": "جهانپهلوان"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-dide",
          "word": "جهاندیده"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahân-šomul",
          "word": "جهانشُمول"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the free world",
          "roman": "jahân-e âzâd",
          "text": "جَهانِ آزاد",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "world; universe"
      ],
      "id": "en-جهان-fa-noun-1DGFV-6t",
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ],
        [
          "universe",
          "universe"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "دنیا"
        },
        {
          "word": "گیتی"
        },
        {
          "word": "عالم"
        },
        {
          "roman": "geyhân",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "گیهان"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒa.ˈhɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.ˈhɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒɑːɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒɔːɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒæ.ɦɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ân"
    }
  ],
  "word": "جهان"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "Ջիհան",
            "3": "Ջահան",
            "4": "Ջհան",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: Ջիհան (J̌ihan), Ջահան (J̌ahan), Ջհան (J̌han)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: Ջիհան (J̌ihan), Ջահան (J̌ahan), Ջհան (J̌han)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "Джаха́н",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: Джаха́н (Džaxán)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Turkic"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Turkic)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: Джаха́н (Džaxán) (via Turkic)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "جهان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "Cihan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: جهان (Cihan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: جهان (Cihan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "Cihan"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: Cihan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: Cihan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "t": "worldly creatures, world",
        "tr": "gyhʾn'",
        "ts": "gēhān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*gayθānām"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *gayθānām",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*gay-θā-",
        "t": "living, existence"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁",
        "3": "𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁-",
        "t": "world; creature"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "",
        "tr1": "gēh",
        "tr2": "ān"
      },
      "expansion": "[script needed] (gēh) + [script needed] (ān)",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*ǰáyH-",
        "t": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ǰáyH-",
        "t": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷeyh₃-",
        "t": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "کیهان",
        "tr1": "keyhân"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of کیهان (keyhân)",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”), from Proto-Iranian *gayθānām, the genitive plural form of Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”) (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”)), equivalent to Middle Persian [script needed] (gēh) + [script needed] (ān), with the former component from Proto-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).\nThe original meaning of the word in Old Iranian and Middle Persian was (worldly) creatures, but the term in late Middle Persian and in Modern Persian came to mean ‘world’ in general.\nDoublet of کیهان (keyhân).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jahân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "id": "",
        "tr": "jahân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": "",
        "tr4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "جهان • (jahân)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "jahân"
      },
      "expansion": "جهان • (jahân)",
      "name": "fa-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Persian female given names",
          "parents": [
            "Female given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Persian given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Persian male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 53 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 72 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms suffixed with ان",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male or female given name, Jahan"
      ],
      "id": "en-جهان-fa-name-Rd2cQPnp",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Jahan",
          "Jahan#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒa.ˈhɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.ˈhɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒɑːɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒɔːɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒæ.ɦɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ân"
    }
  ],
  "word": "جهان"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "جستن",
        "t": "to leap",
        "tr": "jastan"
      },
      "expansion": "جستن (jastan, “to leap”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "جه",
        "3": "ـان",
        "pos1": "present stem of <i class=\"Arab fa-Arab mention\" lang=\"fa\">جستن</i> (jastan, “to leap”)",
        "tr1": "jeh",
        "tr2": "-ân"
      },
      "expansion": "جه (jeh, present stem of جستن (jastan, “to leap”)) + ـان (-ân)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "جه (jeh, present stem of جستن (jastan, “to leap”)) + ـان (-ân).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jehân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "jehân"
      },
      "expansion": "جهان • (jehân)",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "leaping; bounding"
      ],
      "id": "en-جهان-fa-adj-qZyZIz-Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "leaping",
          "leaping"
        ],
        [
          "bounding",
          "bounding"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.ˈhɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒe̞.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒe̞.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.jɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.jɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒe.ɦɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.ɦɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "جهان"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle Persian compound terms",
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian doublets",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian proper nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms suffixed with ان",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms",
    "Rhymes:Persian/ân",
    "Rhymes:Persian/ân/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "jahâni",
      "word": "جهانی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahângard",
      "word": "جهانگرد"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-namâ",
      "word": "جهاننما"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-bin",
      "word": "جهانبین"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-ârâ",
      "word": "جهانآرا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pâ be jahân gozâštan",
      "word": "پا به جهان گذاشتن"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-gir",
      "word": "جهانگیر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-dâr",
      "word": "جهاندار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-gošâ",
      "word": "جهانگشا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-baxš",
      "word": "جهانبخش"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-âfarin",
      "word": "جهانآفرین"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-e sevvom",
      "word": "جهانِ سوم"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-vatan",
      "word": "جهانوطن"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-pahlavân",
      "word": "جهانپهلوان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-dide",
      "word": "جهاندیده"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahân-šomul",
      "word": "جهانشُمول"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "cahan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: cahan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: cahan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "ջիհան",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: ջիհան (ǰihan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: ջիհան (ǰihan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "йыһан",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: йыһан (yıhan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: йыһан (yıhan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "জাহান",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: জাহান (jahan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: জাহান (jahan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "જહાન",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: જહાન (jahān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: જહાન (jahān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "जहान"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: जहान (jahān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: जहान (jahān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "جہان",
            "tr": "jahān"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: جہان (jahān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: جہان (jahān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "жаһан",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: жаһан (jahan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: жаһан (jahan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "johan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: johan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: johan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "johan"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: johan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: johan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "جهان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "cihan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: جهان (cihan)\nTurkish: cihan",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: جهان (cihan)\nTurkish: cihan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਜਹਾਨ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਜਹਾਨ (jahān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਜਹਾਨ (jahān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "جہان",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "jahān"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: جہان (jahān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: جہان (jahān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rhg",
            "2": "jáhan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rohingya: jáhan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rohingya: jáhan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "jahan",
            "3": "älem-jahan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkmen: jahan, älem-jahan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkmen: jahan, älem-jahan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "jahon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: jahon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: jahon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "جاھان",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: جاھان (jahan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: جاھان (jahan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "t": "worldly creatures, world",
        "tr": "gyhʾn'",
        "ts": "gēhān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*gayθānām"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *gayθānām",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*gay-θā-",
        "t": "living, existence"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁",
        "3": "𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁-",
        "t": "world; creature"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "",
        "tr1": "gēh",
        "tr2": "ān"
      },
      "expansion": "[script needed] (gēh) + [script needed] (ān)",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*ǰáyH-",
        "t": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ǰáyH-",
        "t": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷeyh₃-",
        "t": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "کیهان",
        "tr1": "keyhân"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of کیهان (keyhân)",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”), from Proto-Iranian *gayθānām, the genitive plural form of Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”) (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”)), equivalent to Middle Persian [script needed] (gēh) + [script needed] (ān), with the former component from Proto-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).\nThe original meaning of the word in Old Iranian and Middle Persian was (worldly) creatures, but the term in late Middle Persian and in Modern Persian came to mean ‘world’ in general.\nDoublet of کیهان (keyhân).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jahân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "جهانها",
      "roman": "jahân-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "جهانها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "jahân-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "jahân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "جهان • (jahân) (plural جهانها (jahân-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "جهانها",
        "tr": "jahân"
      },
      "expansion": "جهان • (jahân) (plural جهانها (jahân-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the free world",
          "roman": "jahân-e âzâd",
          "text": "جَهانِ آزاد",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "world; universe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ],
        [
          "universe",
          "universe"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "دنیا"
        },
        {
          "word": "گیتی"
        },
        {
          "word": "عالم"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒa.ˈhɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.ˈhɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒɑːɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒɔːɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒæ.ɦɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ân"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "geyhân",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "گیهان"
    }
  ],
  "word": "جهان"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle Persian compound terms",
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian doublets",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian proper nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms suffixed with ان",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms",
    "Rhymes:Persian/ân",
    "Rhymes:Persian/ân/2 syllables"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "Ջիհան",
            "3": "Ջահան",
            "4": "Ջհան",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: Ջիհան (J̌ihan), Ջահան (J̌ahan), Ջհան (J̌han)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: Ջիհան (J̌ihan), Ջահան (J̌ahan), Ջհան (J̌han)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "Джаха́н",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: Джаха́н (Džaxán)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Turkic"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Turkic)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: Джаха́н (Džaxán) (via Turkic)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "جهان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "Cihan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: جهان (Cihan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: جهان (Cihan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "Cihan"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: Cihan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: Cihan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "t": "worldly creatures, world",
        "tr": "gyhʾn'",
        "ts": "gēhān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*gayθānām"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *gayθānām",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*gay-θā-",
        "t": "living, existence"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁",
        "3": "𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁-",
        "t": "world; creature"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "",
        "tr1": "gēh",
        "tr2": "ān"
      },
      "expansion": "[script needed] (gēh) + [script needed] (ān)",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*ǰáyH-",
        "t": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ǰáyH-",
        "t": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷeyh₃-",
        "t": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "کیهان",
        "tr1": "keyhân"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of کیهان (keyhân)",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”), from Proto-Iranian *gayθānām, the genitive plural form of Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (“living, existence”) (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁- (gaēθā-, “world; creature”)), equivalent to Middle Persian [script needed] (gēh) + [script needed] (ān), with the former component from Proto-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyH- (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).\nThe original meaning of the word in Old Iranian and Middle Persian was (worldly) creatures, but the term in late Middle Persian and in Modern Persian came to mean ‘world’ in general.\nDoublet of کیهان (keyhân).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jahân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "id": "",
        "tr": "jahân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": "",
        "tr4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "جهان • (jahân)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "jahân"
      },
      "expansion": "جهان • (jahân)",
      "name": "fa-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian female given names",
        "Persian given names",
        "Persian male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male or female given name, Jahan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Jahan",
          "Jahan#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒa.ˈhɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.ˈhɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒɑːɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒɔːɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒæ.ɦɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒä.ɦɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ân"
    }
  ],
  "word": "جهان"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian terms suffixed with ان",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "جستن",
        "t": "to leap",
        "tr": "jastan"
      },
      "expansion": "جستن (jastan, “to leap”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "جه",
        "3": "ـان",
        "pos1": "present stem of <i class=\"Arab fa-Arab mention\" lang=\"fa\">جستن</i> (jastan, “to leap”)",
        "tr1": "jeh",
        "tr2": "-ân"
      },
      "expansion": "جه (jeh, present stem of جستن (jastan, “to leap”)) + ـان (-ân)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "جه (jeh, present stem of جستن (jastan, “to leap”)) + ـان (-ân).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jehân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "jehân"
      },
      "expansion": "جهان • (jehân)",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "leaping; bounding"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leaping",
          "leaping"
        ],
        [
          "bounding",
          "bounding"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.ˈhɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒe̞.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒe̞.ɦɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.jɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.jɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒe.ɦɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒi.ɦɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "جهان"
}

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