English
jawan
Jawan comes from Classical Persian جوان ‘young, a youth’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu ‘long time, lifetime’, and ultimately from *h₂ey- ‘vital force, life, age, eternity’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ey-‘vital force, life, age, eternity’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂óyu‘long time, lifetime’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yéwHō‘young’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*HyúHā‘youthful, young’reconstructed
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*HyúHā‘youthful, young’reconstructed
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentجوانjawān‘young, a youth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992jawan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ey-‘vital force, life, age, eternity’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂óyu‘long time, lifetime’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yéwHō‘young’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*HyúHā‘youthful, young’reconstructed
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*HyúHā‘youthful, young’reconstructed
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentجوانjawān‘young, a youth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992jawan
Earliest quotation: 1992, Satyindra Singh, Blueprint to Bluewater: The Indian Navy: “In any event we soon had the Army jawan…”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- ‘vital force, life, age, eternity’
early, young, era, diet, enigma, ere, 23 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu ‘long time, lifetime’
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō ‘young’
Today it means
noun An infantryman; a soldier.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- / jawan