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Persian
Etymology
Compound of جوان (javân, “young”) + مردی (mardi, “manliness”)
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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jawānmardī
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Dari reading?
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jawānmardī
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Iranian reading?
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javânmardi
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Tajik reading?
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javonmardi
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Noun
جوانمردی • (javânmardi)
- generosity
c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume II, verse 376:بود شیخی دایما او وامدار
از جوانمردی که بود آن نامدار- būd šayx-ē dāyimān ō wām-dār
az jawārmardī ki būd ān nām-dār - There was a Shaykh who was continually in debt
because of the generosity which that illustrious one had.
- bravery, manliness, chivalry
References
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جوانمردی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim