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jawan en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā Proto-Iranian *HyúHā Middle Persian [script needed] (yw'n /⁠ǰuwān⁠/) Classical Persian جَوَان (jawān)bor. Hindi जवान (javān)bor. English jawan Borrowed from Hindustani جوان (jvān) / जवान (javān), from Classical Persian جوان (jawān, “young, a youth”).

Meanings

  1. (India) An infantryman; a soldier.
    • He obviously expected one of the senior army officials to walk over and talk to the jawan. 1999, R. D. Pradhan, Debacle to Revival: Y.B. Chavan as Defence Minister, 1962-65, page 44:
    • They could now see a whole lot of army jawans in gum boots looking for something in the mud. 2011, Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee, translation of original by Arupa Patangia Kalita:
    • In any event we soon had the Army jawan sent by the Major with us in the boat and headed for shore. 1992, Satyindra Singh, Blueprint to Bluewater: The Indian Navy, 1951-65, page 402:

Forms

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jawans Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (14)

mr जवान (infantryman, soldier) · hi जवान (infantryman, soldier) · fi sotapoika (infantryman, soldier) · nl infanterist (infantryman, soldier) · nl zandhaas (infantryman, soldier) · te జవాను (infantryman, soldier) · ru солда́т (infantryman, soldier) · nl voetman (infantryman, soldier) · mr सैनिक (infantryman, soldier) · de Infanterist (infantryman, soldier) · nl voetknecht (infantryman, soldier) · de Soldat (infantryman, soldier) · nl infanteriste (infantryman, soldier) · fi sotilas (infantryman, soldier)

jawan en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/

Etymology

From Arabic جَوَان (jawān), plural of جِنّ (jinn).

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of jinn
    form of jinn