जवानी

See also: जवान, जीवनी, and जीवन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جوانی (jawānī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑː.niː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ʋäː.niː]

Noun

जवानी • (javānī) f (Urdu spelling جوانی)

1. youth
2. adolescence
3. puberty
4. manhood

Declension

Declension of जवानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जवानी javānī	जवानियाँ javāniyā̃
oblique	जवानी javānī	जवानियों javāniyõ
vocative	जवानी javānī	जवानियो javāniyo

Related terms

• जवान (javān)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جوانی (jawānī). By surface analysis, जवान (javān, “youthful”) +‎ -ई (-ī)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑə.ʋa.ni/, [d͡ʑə.ʋa.niː]

Noun

जवानी • (javānī) f

1. virility; (vigour of youth)

   Synonym: जोम (jom)

2. (informal) youth, adolescence

   Synonyms: तरुणपणा (taruṇapṇā), तारुण्य (tāruṇya), यौवन (yauvan)

Declension

Declension of जवानी (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	जवानी javānī
direct plural	जवान्या javānyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	जवानी javānī		जवान्या javānyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	जवानी javānī		जवान्यां- javānyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	जवानीला javānīlā		जवान्यांना javānyānnā
ergative	जवानीने, जवानीनं javānīne, javānīna		जवान्यांनी javānyānnī
instrumental	जवानीशी javānīśī		जवान्यांशी javānyānśī
locative सप्तमी	जवानीत javānīt		जवान्यांत javānyāt
vocative संबोधन	जवानी javānī		जवान्यांनो javānyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of जवानी (fem ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	जवानीचा javānīċā	जवानीचे javānīċe	जवानीची javānīcī	जवानीच्या javānīcā	जवानीचे, जवानीचं javānīċe, javānīċa	जवानीची javānīcī	जवानीच्या javānīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	जवान्यांचा javānyānċā	जवान्यांचे javānyānċe	जवान्यांची javānyāñcī	जवान्यांच्या javānyāncā	जवान्यांचे, जवान्यांचं javānyānċe, javānyānċa	जवान्यांची javānyāñcī	जवान्यांच्या javānyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “जवानी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “जवानी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press