jawan
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi जवान (javān), Urdu, from Persian جوان (javân, “young, a youth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
jawan (plural jawans)
- (India) An infantryman; a soldier.
- 1992, Satyindra Singh, Blueprint to Bluewater: The Indian Navy, 1951-65, page 402
- In any event we soon had the Army jawan sent by the Major with us in the boat and headed for shore.
- 1999, R. D. Pradhan, Debacle to Revival: Y.B. Chavan as Defence Minister, 1962-65, page 44
- He obviously expected one of the senior army officials to walk over and talk to the jawan.
- 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:
- They could now see a whole lot of army jawans in gum boots looking for something in the mud.
- 1992, Satyindra Singh, Blueprint to Bluewater: The Indian Navy, 1951-65, page 402
Translations
infantryman, soldier
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Anagrams
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Noun
jawan
References
- State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Brisbane Animal Words.
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