单词 | jawan |
释义 | jawann. An Indian soldier. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > Indian lascarine1598 Bugis1698 sepoy1718 Telinga1760 jawan1839 Johnny1857 jiwan1915 1839 P. M. Taylor Confessions of Thug I. i. 6 Chumpa was busy cooking and the Juwans were all out of the way. 1923 Blackwood's 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.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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