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name
A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An infantryman; a soldier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
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noun
plural of jinn
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
(India) a private soldier or male constable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Indian, soldier
History
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”).
From Arabic جَوَان (jawān), plural of جِنّ (jinn).
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
