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Jawan

//d͡ʒəˈwɑːn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Noun
  1. 1
    An infantryman; a soldier. India

    "In any event we soon had the Army jawan sent by the Major with us in the boat and headed for shore."

  2. 2
    plural of jinn form-of, plural
  3. 3
    (India) a private soldier or male constable wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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 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”).

Etymology 2

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

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