жуан

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	جۋان
Cyrillic	жуан
Latin	juan
Yañalif	çuan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yogan (“thick”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (joγan, “thick”); Southern Altai јоон (ǰoon), Kyrgyz жоон (joon), Bashkir йыуан (yıwan),Uzbek yoʻgʻon, Azerbaijani yoğun, Turkish yoğun, Khakas чоон (çoon), Shor чоон, Western Yugur yoɣun/ yoɣïn, Tofa нёон, Yakut суон (suon, “thick”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒu.wɑn/

Adjective

жуан • (juan)

1. thick
2. sturdy

Synonyms

• семіз (semız)
• толық (tolyq)

Derived terms

• жуандау (juandau)
• жуандық (juandyq)