जातिफल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জাতিফল (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬵᬢᬶᬨᬮ (Balinese script)
• জাতিফল (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰯𑰝𑰰𑰣𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀨𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဇာတိဖလ (Burmese script)
• જાતિફલ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਾਤਿਫਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌿𑌫𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦴꦠꦶꦦꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂰𑂞𑂱𑂤𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಾತಿಫಲ (Kannada script)
• ជាតិផល (Khmer script)
• ຊາຕິຜລ (Lao script)
• ജാതിഫല (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳᡦᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘰𑘝𑘱𑘣𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᢗᢐᠢᠹᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧑𑦽𑧒𑧃𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐵𑐟𑐶𑐦𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଜାତିଫଲ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢵꢡꢶꢧꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆳𑆠𑆴𑆦𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖯𑖝𑖰𑖣𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ජාතිඵල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩛𑩫𑩑𑩱𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚭𑚙𑚮𑚟𑚥 (Takri script)
• ஜாதிப²ல (Tamil script)
• జాతిఫల (Telugu script)
• ชาติผล (Thai script)
• ཛཱ་ཏི་ཕ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒰𑒞𑒱𑒤𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨊𑨙𑨁𑨟𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis

Sanskrit जाति (jāti)

Proto-Dravidian *paẓambor.

Sanskrit फल (phala)

Sanskrit जातिफल (jātiphala)

Compound of जाति (jāti) +‎ फल (phala). Further etymology unknown. Compare Pali jātipuppha.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑː.t̪i.pʰɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

जातिफल • (jātiphala) stem, n

1. nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)
   • 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of जातिफल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जातिफलम् (jātiphalam)	जातिफले (jātiphale)	जातिफलानि (jātiphalāni)
vocative	जातिफल (jātiphala)	जातिफले (jātiphale)	जातिफलानि (jātiphalāni)
accusative	जातिफलम् (jātiphalam)	जातिफले (jātiphale)	जातिफलानि (jātiphalāni)
instrumental	जातिफलेन (jātiphalena)	जातिफलाभ्याम् (jātiphalābhyām)	जातिफलैः (jātiphalaiḥ)
dative	जातिफलाय (jātiphalāya)	जातिफलाभ्याम् (jātiphalābhyām)	जातिफलेभ्यः (jātiphalebhyaḥ)
ablative	जातिफलात् (jātiphalāt)	जातिफलाभ्याम् (jātiphalābhyām)	जातिफलेभ्यः (jātiphalebhyaḥ)
genitive	जातिफलस्य (jātiphalasya)	जातिफलयोः (jātiphalayoḥ)	जातिफलानाम् (jātiphalānām)
locative	जातिफले (jātiphale)	जातिफलयोः (jātiphalayoḥ)	जातिफलेषु (jātiphaleṣu)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindi: जायफल (jāyphal)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali–Assamese:
    • Assamese: জাঁইফল (zãiphol)
    • Bengali: জায়ফল (jaẏophol)
    • Sylheti: ꠎꠄꠚꠟ (zoefól)
  • Odia: ଜାଇଫଳ (jāiphaḷa)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: जाइफल (jāiphal)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi: ਜਾਇਫਲ (jāiphal)
  • Sindhi: جافَرُ (jāfaru)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: जायफळ (jāyphaḷ)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: જાયફળ (jāyaphaḷ)

From the first member of the compound:

• → Classical Tibetan: ཛ་ཏི (dza ti)
  • Dzongkha: ཛ་ཏི (dza ti)
  • Tibetan: ཛ་ཏི (dza ti)
  • → Classical Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠳᠢ (ǰadi)
    • Kalmyk: зать (zatʹ)
    • Mongolian: задь (zadʹ)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jātīphala-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 286