Persian edit

Etymology edit

Probably borrowed from Urdu جنجال (janjāl) / Hindi जंजाल (jañjāl, entanglements, complications, problems), from Sanskrit जन (jana) + जालं (jālaṃ).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Readings
Dari reading? janjāl
Iranian reading? janjâl

Noun edit

جنجال (janjâl)

  1. tumult, commotion, brawl
  2. mob, raucous crowd

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Platts, John Thompson (1884) “جنجال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC