जामुन
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- जामन (jāman)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit *जम्बून (jambūna), a by-form of जम्बुल (jambula).
Pronunciation
[edit](Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑː.mʊn/, [d͡ʒäː.mʊ̃n]
Noun
[edit]जामुन • (jāmun) m
- jamun, the fruit of Syzygium cumini
Declension
[edit]Declension 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