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jawan¹

  • /d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/

Where it comes from

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

noun jawans

  1. India 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.

jawan²

  • /d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/

Where it comes from

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

noun

  1. plural plural of jinn

Jawan³

proper noun

  1. A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage; variant forms Juwan, Juwann.

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noun infantryman, soldier

हिन्दीजवान javān
DeutschInfanterist, Soldat
Русскийсолда́т soldát

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@misc{jawan_2026,
  title = {jawan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jawan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}