জোয়ান

Bengali

Etymology

A merger of:

• জওয়ান (joōẇan), borrowed from Classical Persian جوان (jawān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (yw'n /⁠ǰuwān⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *HyúHā. Cognate with Hindi जवान (javān), Malayalam ജവാന (javāna), Telugu జవాను (javānu).
• জুয়ান (juẇan), inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀡 (juvāṇa), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀬𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀦 (*yuvāna), from Sanskrit युवानम् (yuvānam), the accusative case of युवन् (yuvan) (or possibly from another case, or a semi-learned borrowing). Cognate with Odia ଜୁଆଣ (juāṇa), Hindi जुवान (juvān), Gujarati જુવાન (juvān), Sinhalese යොන (yona).

Either way, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō (“young”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒo̯an/, [ˈd͡ʒo̯an], /d͡ʒu̯an/, [ˈd͡ʒu̯an]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʑo̯an/, [ˈdʑo̯an], /dʑu̯an/, [ˈdʑu̯an]

Adjective

জোয়ান • (jōẇan) (comparative আরও জোয়ান, superlative সবচেয়ে জোয়ান)

1. young, youthful

   Synonyms: যুবা (juba), যুবক (jubok), তরুণ (torun)

Noun

জোয়ান • (jōẇan)

1. youth

   Synonyms: যুবা (juba), যুবক (jubok), তরুণ (torun)

   1. young man
2. soldier, warrior

Related terms

• আয়ু (aẏu)
• জুনিয়র (juniẏor)
• যবিষ্ঠ (jobiśṭho)
• যুদ্ধ (juddho)
• যুবক (jubok)
• যুবা (juba)
• যোঝা (jōjha)
• যোদ্ধা (jōddha)

 

Derived terms

• জোয়ানবয়স (jōẇanboẏoś)
• জোয়ানি (jōẇani)
• নওজোয়ান (noōjōẇan)