جوانمردی

Persian

Etymology

Compound of جوان (javân, “young”) +‎ مردی (mardi, “manliness”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.wɑːn.maɾ.diː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑːn.mäɾ.d̪iː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑːn.mäɾ.d̪iː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑːn.mäɾ.d̪iː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɔːn.mäɾ.d̪i]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.vɒːn.mæɹ.d̪iː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.vɔn.mäɾ.d̪i]

Readings
Classical reading?	jawānmardī
Dari reading?	jawānmardī
Iranian reading?	javânmardi
Tajik reading?	javonmardi

Dari	جوانمردی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷавонмарди

Noun

جوانمردی • (javânmardi)

1. generosity
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 376:

     بود شیخی دایما او وامدار
     از جوانمردی که بود آن نامدار

     būd šayx-ē dāyimān ō wām-dār
     az jawārmardī ki būd ān nām-dār

     There was a Shaykh who was continually in debt
     because of the generosity which that illustrious one had.

2. bravery, manliness, chivalry

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جوانمردی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim