ਮੋਮਜਾਮਾ

Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian موم جامه (mōm-jāma), possibly a phono-semantic matching of Arabic مُشَمَّع (mušammaʕ). Equivalent to ਮੋਮ (mom, wax) +‎ ਜਾਮਾ (jāmā, garment).

Noun edit

ਮੋਮਜਾਮਾ (momjāmām

  1. oilcloth

Further reading edit