कबाबचीनी

Hindi

Etymology

A plant native to Srivijaya, apparently a calque of Javanese kumukus (“cubeb; smoke”), from kukus (“smoke, steam”), based on Hindi कबाब (kabāb, “roast meat, kebab”), or this calque happened first in Arabic كَبَابَة (kabāba), which has also a convincing derivation from كِبَّة (kibba, “globule; meatball”); then likely acquired in Hindustani via Persian کبابه چینی (kabâba-yi čînî), کباب چینی (kabâb-i čînî, “cubeb”) from it.

Noun

कबाबचीनी • (kabābcīnī) f (Urdu spelling کباب چینی)

1. cubeb

Declension

Declension of कबाबचीनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कबाबचीनी kabābcīnī	कबाबचीनियाँ kabābcīniyā̃
oblique	कबाबचीनी kabābcīnī	कबाबचीनियों kabābcīniyõ
vocative	कबाबचीनी kabābcīnī	कबाबचीनियो kabābcīniyo