Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pavan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: pa-van
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of pavane (“musical style and dance”).

name

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Example Sentences

"And he tasted in the language of memory ambered wines, dying fallings of sweet airs, the proud pavan: and saw with the eyes of memory kind gentlewomen in Covent Garden wooing from their balconies with sucking mouths and the pox fouled wenches of the taverns and young wives that, gaily yielding to their ravishers, clipped and clipped again."

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पवन (pavana).

Inflected Forms

pavans (plural)

Synonyms

pavane

Questions

What does pavan mean?: Alternative form of pavane (“musical style and dance”).
Where does pavan come from?: Borrowed from Sanskrit पवन (pavana).

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