جوانمردی

Persian

Etymology

Compound of (javân, “young”) +‎ (mardi, “manliness”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.waːn.maɾ.ˈdiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑːn.mäɾ.d̪iː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑːn.mäɾ.d̪iː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɔːn.mäɾ.d̪i]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.vɒːn.mæɹ.d̪iː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.vɔn.mäɾ.d̪i]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jawānmardī
Dari reading^?	jawānmardī
Iranian reading^?	javânmardi
Tajik reading^?	javonmardi


Iranian Persian	جوانمردی
Dari	جوانمردی
Tajik	ҷавонмарди

Noun

جوانمردی • (javânmardi)

generosity
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], 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