Persian

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Etymology

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Compound of جوان (javân, young) +‎ مرد (mard, man)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? jawānmard
Dari reading? jawānmard
Iranian reading? javânmard
Tajik reading? javonmard
Dari جوانمرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷавонмард

Adjective

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جوانمرد (javânmard) (comparative جوانمردتَر (javânmard-tar), superlative جوانمردتَرین (javânmard-tarin))

  1. brave, generous, manly
    • 1010, Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, “Dastan-i Siyavash”, in Shâhnâme:
      بدو گیو گفت این سخن خودمگوی
      که من تاختم پیش نخچیرجوی
      ز بهر پرستنده‌ای گرمگوی
      نگردد جوانمرد پرخاشجوی
      bidō Gīw guft īn suxan xwadmigōyi
      ki man tāxtam pēš-i naxčīr-jōyi
      za bahr-i parastanda-i garm-gōyi
      na-gardad jawanmard parxāš-jōyi
      Giv responded : 'this is rubbish
      since I was leading the hunters.
      For the sake of a sweet-talking idolater,
      it is not chivalrous to be so quarrelsome'

References

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Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جوانمرد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul