"jawan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jawan.wav Forms: jawans [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā Proto-Iranian *HyúHā Classical Persian جوانbor. Hindi जवान (javān)bor. English jawan Borrowed from Hindustani جوان (jvān) / जवान (javān), from Classical Persian جوان (jawān, “young, a youth”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|bor|hi>जवान>young|id=soldier|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā Proto-Iranian *HyúHā Classical Persian جوانbor. Hindi जवान (javān)bor. English jawan, {{bor|en|inc-hnd}} Hindustani, {{der|en|fa-cls|جوان||young, a youth|tr=jawān}} Classical Persian جوان (jawān, “young, a youth”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} jawan (plural jawans)
  1. (India) An infantryman; a soldier. Tags: India Translations (infantryman, soldier): infanterist [masculine] (Dutch), infanteriste [feminine] (Dutch), voetknecht [masculine] (Dutch), voetman [masculine] (Dutch), zandhaas [masculine] (Dutch), sotapoika (Finnish), sotilas (Finnish), Infanterist [masculine] (German), Soldat [masculine] (German), जवान (javān) [masculine] (Hindi), जवान (javān) [masculine] (Marathi), सैनिक (sainik) (Marathi), солда́т (soldát) [masculine] (Russian), జవాను (javānu) (Telugu)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Etymology: From Arabic جَوَان (jawān), plural of جِنّ (jinn). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ar|ج ن ي}}, {{bor|en|ar|جَوَان}} Arabic جَوَان (jawān) Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} jawan
  1. plural of jinn Tags: form-of, plural Form of: jinn Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-jawan-en-noun-xTcgb1Cc Disambiguation of People: 29 71 Categories (other): English miscellaneous irregular plurals
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Yagara]

Head templates: {{head|yxg|noun}} jawan
  1. fish
    Sense id: en-jawan-yxg-noun-tHSpmicF Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yagara entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "jawan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English miscellaneous irregular plurals"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "jinn"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of jinn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jinn",
          "jinn#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "jawan"
  ],
  "word": "jawan"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yxg",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "jawan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yagara",
  "lang_code": "yxg",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yagara entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yagara lemmas",
        "Yagara nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jawan"
}

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