Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Jawaani

जवानी

said ja-WAA-nee

also written: javani, jawani

Meaning

Youth, the prime of life.

Literally: Persian jawan (young) + abstract suffix: the state of youth.

How Iqbal uses it

Youth is for Iqbal the season of fire, daring, and boundless energy; he addresses the young as the hope of the future and urges them to spend their jawaani in high, self-shaping endeavour.

See it in the verse

Jawaani in Iqbal’s couplets

Haya nahin hai zamane ki aankh mein baaqi
Khuda kare ki jawani teri rahe be-daagh

No sense of shame is left in the eye of the age; may God keep your youth unstained.

Youth · Self-Knowledge

Related words

ARABIC

Shabaab

Youth, the bloom and vigour of young age.

PERSIAN

Peeri

Old age; also the state and dignity of a spiritual elder.

ARABIC

Umr

Lifespan, the length of one's life; age.

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