جوشن

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒawˈʃan/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒawˈʃan/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒowˈʃæn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒavˈʃan/

Noun

جوشن • (jowšan)

cuirass; breastplate
- c. 950, Abū‘l-Hasan Ali Munjīk, گنج سخن, volume 1, 4 edition, 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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