जंगल

See also: जुगल, जंगला, and जंगली

HindiEdit

Alternative formsEdit

जङ्गल (jaṅgal)

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “any arid or sterile region”).^[1]

PronunciationEdit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəŋ.ɡəl/, [d͡ʒə̃ŋ.ɡəl̪]
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NounEdit

जंगल • (jaṅgal) m (Urdu spelling جنگل‎)

forest, woods
यह जंगल मीलों तक फैला हुआ है।
yah jaṅgal mīlõ tak phailā huā hai.
This forest stretches for miles.

Synonyms: बन (ban), वन (van)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of जंगल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जंगल jaṅgal	जंगल jaṅgal
oblique	जंगल jaṅgal	जंगलों jaṅgalõ
vocative	जंगल jaṅgal	जंगलो jaṅgalo

DescendantsEdit

→ English: jungle
- → French: jungle
  - → Romanian: junglă
- → German: Dschungel
- → Italian: giungla
- → Japanese: ジャングル (janguru)
- → Korean: 정글 (jeonggeul)
- → Russian: джу́нгли (džúngli)
  - → Armenian: ջունգլի (ǰungli)
  - → Georgian: ჯუნგლი (ǯungli)
- → Spanish: jungla
- → Welsh: jyngl
- → Esperanto: ĝangalo

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) ?

jungle
woods, forest

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