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Etymology of jawan

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā Proto-Iranian *HyúHā Middle Persian [script nee

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

An infantryman; a soldier.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u 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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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

plural of jinn

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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

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