جوانمرد

Persian

Etymology

Compound of جوان (javân, “young”) +‎ مرد (mard, “man”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.wɑːn.maɾð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑːn.mäɹd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑːn.mäɹd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑːn.mäɹd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɔːn.mäɹd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.vɒːn.mæɹd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.vɔn.mäɹd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	jawānmard
Dari reading?	jawānmard
Iranian reading?	javânmard
Tajik reading?	javonmard

Dari	جوانمرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷавонмард

Adjective

جوانمرد • (javânmard) (comparative جوانمردتَر (javânmard-tar), superlative جوانمردتَرین (javânmard-tarin))

1. brave, generous, manly
   • 1010, Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, “Dastan-i Siyavash”, in Shâhnâme:

     بدو گیو گفت این سخن خودمگوی
     که من تاختم پیش نخچیرجوی
     ز بهر پرستنده‌ای گرمگوی
     نگردد جوانمرد پرخاشجوی

     bidō Gīw guft īn suxan xwadmigōyi
     ki man tāxtam pēš-i naxčīr-jōyi
     za bahr-i parastanda-i garm-gōyi
     na-gardad jawanmard parxāš-jōyi

     Giv responded : 'this is rubbish
     since I was leading the hunters.
     For the sake of a sweet-talking idolater,
     it is not chivalrous to be so quarrelsome'

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جوانمرد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul