نوجوان

Persian

Etymology

نو (now, “new”) +‎ جوان (javân, “young person”)

Noun

نوجوان • (nowjavân) (plural نوجوانان (nowjavânân))

  1. adolescent, teenager

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَوجَوَان (nawjawān). By surface analysis, نَو (nau, “new”) +‎ جَوَان (javān, “young person”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɔː.d͡ʒə.ʋɑːn/, [nɔː.d͡ʒo.ɑːn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn
  • Hyphenation: نَو‧جَ‧وَان

Noun

نَوجَوَان • (naujavān) m (Hindi spelling नौजवान)

  1. young; young man; teenager

Declension
Declension of نوجوان
singular plural
direct نَوجَوَان (naujavān) نَوجَوَان (naujavān)
oblique نَوجَوَان (naujavān) نَوجَوَانوں (naujavānō̃)
vocative نَوجَوَان (naujavān) نَوجَوَانو (naujavānō)

Adjective

نَوجَوَان • (naujavān) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling नौजवान)

  1. young
  2. youthful

Further reading
  • “نوجوان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “نوجوان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جوان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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