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jawaan

जवान
said ja-WAAN
also written: jawan, Jawan
Meaning

Young; youthful; (as noun) a young man or soldier.

How Iqbal uses it

Persian word for youth; vigour and youth are recurring themes.

See it in the verse

jawaan in Iqbal’s couplets

Aaeen-e-jawan-mardan haq-goi-o-be-baaki
Allah ke sheron ko aati nahin rubaahi
The code of the brave is to speak the truth and to be fearless — the lions of God do not know the ways of the fox.
Courage · Justice · Selfhood
Related words
SANSKRIT

budha

Old; aged (of a person).

PERSIAN

Jawani

Youth, the prime and vigour of young life.

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