जुवान

Hindi

Etymology

PIE word
*h₂yéwHō

From Prakrit जुवाण (juvāṇa). Doublet of जवान (javān) and युवा (yuvā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʊ.ʋɑːn/, [d͡ʒʊ.ʋä̃ːn]

Adjective

जुवान • (juvān) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling جُوان)

1. young, youthful
2. in the prime of manhood or womanhood; vigorous; blooming

Noun

जुवान • (juvān) m (Urdu spelling جُوان)

1. a young man

   Synonyms: युवक (yuvak), युवा (yuvā), जवान (javān)

2. a soldier, warrior

   Synonyms: सैनिक (sainik), जवान (javān), सैन्य (sainya), योद्धा (yoddhā)

Declension

Declension of जुवान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जुवान juvān	जुवान juvān
oblique	जुवान juvān	जुवानों juvānõ
vocative	जुवान juvān	जुवानो juvāno

Usage notes

• All senses are dated, or possibly archaic. The term is no longer in common use, but is sometimes used by people from olden times. Replaced mostly by:

  Persian-derived जवान (javān) (in colloquial Hindi)

  Tatsamas युवा (yuvā) and युवक (yuvak) (in formal and literary Hindi)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जुवान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “जुवान”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “juvān”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press