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cowan meaning in Punjabi

ਕੌਵਨ

/ˈkaʊən/UK/ˈkəʊən/

cowan in Punjabi: ਕੌਵਨ, ਕੌਵਾਨ. In English, cowan means a worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.

Punjabi words for cowan

ਕੌਵਨ, ਕੌਵਾਨ

English meaning of cowan

  1. noun A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
  2. noun A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.
  3. noun A sneak; an inquisitive or prying person.
  4. noun Uninitiated, outside, “profane”.

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Questions about cowan in Punjabi

What is the meaning of cowan in Punjabi?
Cowan in Punjabi is ਕੌਵਨ, ਕੌਵਾਨ.
cowan ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
Cowan: ਕੌਵਨ, ਕੌਵਾਨ.
What does cowan mean in English?
Cowan means a worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.

Source and license

Punjabi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “cowan”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: cowan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Punjabi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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