جوشن

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒaw.ˈʃan]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäw.ʃǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäw.ʃǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäw.ʃǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒow.ʃǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäw.ʃǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jawšan
Dari reading^?	jawšan
Iranian reading^?	jowšan
Tajik reading^?	javšan

Noun

جوشن • (jowšan)

cuirass; breastplate
- c. 950, Abū‘l-Hasan Ali Munjīk, گنج سخن, 4th edition, volume 1, Tehran: Ibn-i Sīnā, published 1961, page 50:
  ‏ما را جگر بتیر تو خسته گشت
  ای صبر بر فراق بتان نیک جوشنی‎
  mā rā jigar ba tīr-i firāq-i tu xasta gašt
  ay sabr bar firāq-i butān nēk jawšan-ī
  My heart [lit. liver] has been wounded by the arrow of separation from you;
  O patience! You are a fine breastplate against separation from beauties.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

→ Georgian: ჯავშანი (ǯavšani)

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