जंगल
HindiEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- जङ्गल (jaṅgal)
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “any arid or sterile region”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
जंगल • (jaṅgal) m (Urdu spelling جنگل)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of जंगल (masc cons-stem)
DescendantsEdit
- → English: jungle
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jāṅgala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further readingEdit
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “जंगल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
MarathiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”).
NounEdit
जंगल • (jaṅgal) ?