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There is a two-part word "Janbaz" (Persian جانباز) in Persian comprised of two parts i.e. Jan (i.e. life) + Baz (i.e. gamer) which refers to a former combatant who has sustained an injury during a war and is currently suffering from resulting disabilities. Is there a single English word used for such a person?

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I will go with disabled war veteran.

جانباز

  1. (literally) one who would offer up their life.

  2. disabled war veteran Wiktionary

war veteran ‎(plural war veterans): a person who has served in the armed forces during a war. Wiktionary Ngram

""Janbaz refers in Persian to someone who lays down their life for some cause. But in the post-revolution period it has been specifically used to refer to a disabled person from the Iran-Iraq War, and so I have given the equivalent of 'a disabled war veteran' for it." Iran, Iraq, and the Legacies of War

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