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Persian · noun · Being & Non-Being

Jawani

जवानी
said ja-WAA-nee
also written: Jawaani, javani
Meaning

Youth, the prime and vigour of young life.

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

How Iqbal uses it

Youth (jawani) as the season of ardour, strength, and awakening self.

See it in the verse

Jawani 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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