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Definition of Jawan
1. Noun. (India) a private soldier or male constable.
Definition of Jawan
1. Noun. (India) An infantryman; a soldier. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jawan
1. a soldier of India [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jawan
Literary usage of Jawan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fall of the Moghul Empire: An Historical Essay, Being a New Ed. of The by Henry George Keene (1876)
"Najib-ud-Daulah and jawan Bakht.—The Jats. ... heir to the throne, and placed
that prince's eldest son, Mirza jawan Bakht, in the nominal charge of affairs, ..."
2. The Fall of the Moghul Empire: An Historical Essay by Henry George Keene (1876)
"Najib-ud-Daulah and jawan Bakht.—The Jats. ... heir to the throne, and placed
that prince's eldest son, Mirza jawan Bakht, in the nominal charge of affairs, ..."
3. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency by Bombay (India : State) (1879)
"For a short time after Momin Khan's death, power (1743) passed into the hands of
Fida-ud-din Khan. It was then usurped by jawan Mard Khan, and he, ..."
4. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments: Now by Richard Francis Burton, Kama̜ Shastra society, Benares (1885)
"But jawan said, " Hold thy tongue and talk not so unpleasantly." Then he stretched
out his hand to the dish ... Then jawan the Kurd put out his hand (which ..."
5. An Oriental Biographical Dictionary by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1894)
"jawan C^'^-), the poetical appellation of Mirza Qazim ... jawan Bakht,
Mirza (tï-^r {•}$>- the youngest son of Bahadur Shah, the ex-king of ..."
6. Life of Warren Hastings, First Governor-general of India by George Bruce Malleson (1894)
"Prince jawan Bakht, whose whole soul revolted against the insults to which the
... But there was a fascination about the demeanour of jawan Bakht which, ..."
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