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The word jawan as an adjective may refer to a young man in Urdu, and many North Indian languages which mostly derived from Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi and other languages. However, it is also used as a noun for a soldier of the Indian Army or the Pakistani army. It is used in much the same meaning as a troop or marine is in English.

Jawans of the Indian Army on patrol in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Jawans of the Indian Army on patrol in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.

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