جوشن

Arabic

Root
ج و ش (j-w-š)

Alternative forms

• جَوْش (jawš)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaw.ʃan/

Noun

جَوْشَن • (jawšan) m (plural جَوَاشِن (jawāšin))

1. armour, chain mail
   • (Can we date this quote?), عباس القمي, quoting Archangel Gabriel, مفاتيح الجنان [Keys of Heavens]‎^[1]:

     ...فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّد، رَبُّكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ، وَيَقُولُ لَكَ: اِخْلَعْ هٰذَا الْجَوْشَنَ، وَاقْرَأْ هٰذَا الدُّعَاءَ، فَهُوَ أَمَانٌ لَكَ وِلِأُمَّتِك

     ...faqāla: yā muḥammad, rabbuka yuqriʔuka s-salāma, wayaqūlu laka: iḵlaʕ hāḏā al-jawšana, wāqraʔ hāḏā d-duʕāʔa, fahuwa ʔamānun laka wiliʔummatik

     ...Then he (Angel Gabriel) said: O Muhammd, you God bestows his peace upon you, and says to you: take off this armour, and recite this supplication, for it is peace and protection for you and your nation

2. chest
3. the middle (e.g. of the night)

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒaw.ˈʃan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäw.ʃǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäw.ʃǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäw.ʃǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäw.ʃǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒow.ʃǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäw.ʃǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	jawšan
Dari reading?	jawšan
Iranian reading?	jowšan
Tajik reading?	javšan

Noun

جوشن • (jowšan)

1. cuirass; breastplate
   • c. 950, Abū‘l-Hasan Ali Munjīk, گنج سخن, 4th edition, volume 1, Tehran: Ibn-i Sīnā, published 1961, page 50:

     ما را جگر بتیر تو خسته گشت
     ای صبر بر فراق بتان نیک جوشنی

     mā rā jigar ba tīr-i firāq-i tu xasta gašt
     ay sabr bar firāq-i butān nēk jawšan-ī

     My heart [lit. liver] has been wounded by the arrow of separation from you;
     O patience! You are a fine breastplate against separation from beauties.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

• → Georgian: ჯავშანი (ǯavšani)