-van

See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”). Compare Persian ـبان (-bân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑːn/

Suffix

-van m or f (Arabic spelling ـڤان)

1. used to form nouns denoting someone who is an expert in an area or who takes part in an activity: -man, -er, -ist

   ‎ajot(in) (“to drive”) + ‎-van → ‎ajotvan (“driver, chauffeur”)

Declension

Declension of -van

definite feminine and masculine gender
case	singular		plural
	feminine	masculine
nominative	-van	-van	-van
construct	-vana	-vanê	-vanên
oblique	-vanê	-vanî	-vanan
demonstrative oblique	wê -vanê	wî -vanî	wan -vanan
vocative	-vanê	-vano	-vanino
indefinite feminine and masculine gender
case	singular		plural
	feminine	masculine
nominative	-vanek	-vanek	-vanin
construct	-vaneke	-vanekî	-vanine
oblique	-vanekê	-vanekî	-vaninan

Derived terms

Northern Kurdish terms suffixed with -van

ajotvan

avîvan

aşvan

balafirvan

ferhengvan

helbestvan

lîstikvan

meyxanevan

nîgarvan

rojnamevan

rûniştvan

zanistvan