Kayvan

Kayvan (also spelled Keyvan, Kayvon, Kaivon, Keivan, Kaywan, Kavon, Kevan, or Kaevon; Persian: کیوان) is a Persian masculine given name denoting the planet Saturn.[1][2][3] It is related to the word for Saturn in several old languages, including Kaimanu[4] in Sumerian, Kajamānu[5][6] in Akkadian, Kewwān in Syriac,[7] and "Kewan" (kywʾn')[8] in Middle Persian. That a 16th-century high priest of Stakhr was named Azar Kayvan suggests that "Kayvan" was used as a name for a person in Iran as early as that time, particularly among followers of Zoroastrianism. To date "Kayvan" is a popular name among families following Zoroastrianism. Kayvan is distinct from the similar Persian word Kayhan, meaning "universe", also used as a masculine given name. To English speakers, the spelling Kayvon is closest to the Persian pronunciation, [keivɒːn].

"Saturday", the day of Saturn, finds its Classical Persian equivalent in "Keyvānshid".[9]

  1. ^ Dehkhoda Dictionary "Online" Archived 2014-12-17 at the Wayback Machine. No other meaning is given.
  2. ^ Moin, Mohammad, (1997). Farhang-e Farsi (Persian Dictionary), Volume 6, p. 1644, Tehran, Amirkabir, ISBN 964-00-0164-3. No other meaning is given.
  3. ^ "An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics - 1". dictionary.obspm.fr. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  4. ^ ""Tikaboo Sumerian Dictionary"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  5. ^ "Online Akkadian Dictionary" Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, Association Assyrophile de France.
  6. ^ The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Volume 8, p. 36.
  7. ^ "kˀwn (kewwān) n.m. Saturn". cal.huc.edu. The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
  8. ^ A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary, D. N. MacKenzie, Oxford University Press, London, 1971, p. 51. "pdf" Archived 2012-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Mithraism, it's [sic] Influence on Christianity", Iran Chamber Society.