jawan

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Hindustani جوان (jvān) / जवान (javān), from Classical Persian جوان (jawān, young, a youth).

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    jawan (plural jawans)

    1. (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, The Story of Felanee, translation of original by Arupa Patangia Kalita:
        They could now see a whole lot of army jawans in gum boots looking for something in the mud.

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    Yagara

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    Noun

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    jawan

    1. fish

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