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jawan

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5 lettersPronunciation /d͡ʒəˈwɑːn/Part of speech nounSorted aajnwStarts with JEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (India) a private soldier or male constable

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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