توانا

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twaːnaː/

Proper noun

توانا (twana)

1. a male given name

Persian

Etymology

From توان (tavân, present stem of توانستن (tavânestan, “can, to be able”)) +‎ ـا (-â).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tu.waː.ˈnaː/, /ta.waː.ˈnaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑː.nɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑː.nɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑː.nɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɔː.nɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.vɒː.nɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.vɔ.nɔ]

• Rhymes: -aː

Readings
Classical reading?	tuwānā, tawānā
Dari reading?	tawānā
Iranian reading?	tavânâ
Tajik reading?	tavono

Adjective

توانا • (tavânâ) (comparative تواناتَر, superlative تواناتَرین)

1. powerful

   Synonyms: قدرتمند (qodratmand), پرقدرت (porqodrat), مقتدر (moqtader)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَوَانَا (tawānā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ʋɑː.nɑː/

Adjective

تَوانا • (tavānā) (Hindi spelling तवाना)

1. powerful

Further reading

• “توانا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “توانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.