जामुन
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- जामन (jāman)
Etymology
editInherited from Sanskrit *जम्बून (jambūna), a by-form of जम्बुल (jambula).
Pronunciation
edit(Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑː.mʊn/, [d͡ʒäː.mʊ̃n]
Noun
editजामुन • (jāmun) m
- jamun, the fruit of Syzygium cumini
Declension
editDeclension of जामुन (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
edit- गुलाब जामुन (gulāb jāmun)
Descendants
edit- → English: jamun, jamoon
- → Pashto: جامن (jāmán), جامنو (jāmanú)
- → Persian: جامن (jâman)
- → Punjabi: ਜਾਮਣ (jāmaṇ)
Further reading
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jambula”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 283