‖ jawan
(dʒəˈwɑːn)
Also juwan.
[a. Urdu jawān.]
An Indian soldier.
| 1839 M. Taylor Confessions of Thug I. i. 6 Chumpa was busy cooking and the Juwans were all out of the way. 1923 Blackw. Mag. July 22/1 The cool deliberately-aimed fire of the jawans lashed them each time. 1962 Listener 29 Nov. 895/2 For the public, the cult of the Indian soldier, the Jawan, remains unshaken. 1965 P. Robinson Pakistani Agent i. 9 A jawan in a dark-green uniform..was resting upright against the wall of the cargo shed, with his rifle propped up next to him. 1969 Amrita Bazar Patrika 5 Aug. 1/1 Ten persons, including five Security Force personnel, were killed and three jawans were wounded in two incidents of ambush in far-flung areas of the State in the last 48 hours. 1971 Sunday Times 13 June 12/2 One of the jawans (privates) crouched in the back of the Toyota Land Cruiser called out sharply: ‘There's a man running, Sahib.’ |