نوجوان

Persian

Etymology

From (naw / now, “new”) +‎ (jawān / javân, “young person”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naw.d͡ʒa.ˈwaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näw.d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näw.d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näw.d͡ʒä.wɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [now.d͡ʒæ.vɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näw.d͡ʒä.vɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nawjawān
Dari reading^?	nawjawān
Iranian reading^?	nowjavân
Tajik reading^?	navjavon

Noun

نوجوان • (naw-jawān / now-javân) (plural نوجوانان (naw-jawānān / now-javânân))

youth, adolescent, teenager

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: नौजवान (naujavān)

Urdu: نَوجَوَان (naujavān)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نوجوان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نو جوان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (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)

young; young man; teenager

Declension

Declension of **نوجوان**
	singular	plural
direct	نَوجَوَان (naujavān)	نَوجَوَان (naujavān)
oblique	نَوجَوَان (naujavān)	نَوجَوَانوں (naujavānõ)
vocative	نَوجَوَان (naujavān)	نَوجَوَانو (naujavāno)

Adjective

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

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, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جوان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.