Etymology

jawan

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Today it means: An infantryman; a soldier. Full definition →

Hindi जवान (javān) ← Classical Persian جَوَان (jawān) ← Middle Persian [script needed] (yw'n /⁠ǰuwān⁠/)
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jawan · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwHō
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*HyúHā
  5. Proto-Iranian*HyúHā
  6. Middle Persian[script needed] (yw'n /⁠ǰuwān⁠/)
  7. Classical Persianجَوَان (jawān)
  8. Hindiजवान (javān)
  9. English todayjawan

Borrowed from Hindustani جوان (jvān) / जवान (javān), from Classical Persian جوان (jawān, “young, a youth”).

jawan · noun2

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromجَوَان
  2. English todayjawan

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

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