English Explanatory Dictionary

jawan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An infantryman; a soldier.
noun
  1. plural of jinn
name
  1. A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jawan.wav

Word forms

jawan jawans

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- 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”).

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