Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jawan

/d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: jawan
IPA: /d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infantryman; a soldier.

Indian usage

noun

name

A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage; variant forms Juwan, Juwann.

Example Sentences

"In any event we soon had the Army jawan sent by the Major with us in the boat and headed for shore."
"He obviously expected one of the senior army officials to walk over and talk to the jawan."
"They could now see a whole lot of army jawans in gum boots looking for something in the mud."

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: جوان, ج ن ي, جَوَان

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

jawans (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce jawan?: The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/.
What does jawan mean?: An infantryman; a soldier.
Where does jawan come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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