Given name · Ottoman Turkish · Persian
جهان
“worldly creatures; world”
جهان (jahân) is a masculine given name from Middle Persian (ultimately Proto-Iranian), meaning “worldly creatures; world.” It is used in Persian and Ottoman Turkish.
Ottoman Turkish and PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: jahân.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
جهان comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Iranian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Persian *gaiθānām, from Proto-Iranian *gayθaH (“life, means of subsistence”); its root is Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-e.
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جهان’s family of names
In Persian usage, جهان shares an earlier linguistic root with کیهان. In Ottoman Turkish usage, جهان can be written in the Roman alphabet as CIHAN. In Persian usage, جهان can be written in the Roman alphabet as jahân.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
جهان has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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