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jawan

noun
/d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/

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”).

  1. derived from جوان

Definitions

  1. An infantryman

    An infantryman; a soldier.

    • In any event we soon had the Army jawan sent by the Major with us in the boat and headed for shore.
    • He obviously expected one of the senior army officials to walk over and talk to the jawan.
    • They could now see a whole lot of army jawans in gum boots looking for something in the mud.

  2. plural of jinn

  3. A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA