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জাম

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Assamese

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জাম

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit জম্বু (jambu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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জাম • (zam)

  1. jambul (fruit and tree)

Declension

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Inflection of জাম
Indefinite forms Definite forms
numeral non-numeral (plural)
singular plural informal
absolutive জাম
zam 		জামটো
zamtü 		জামকেইটা
zamkeita 		জামবোৰ
zambür 		জামবিলাক
zambilak
ergative জামে
zame 		জামটোৱে
zamtüe 		জামকেইটাই
zamkeitai 		জামবোৰে
zambüre 		জামবিলাকে
zambilake
accusative জামক
zamok 		জামটোক
zamtük 		জামকেইটাক
zamkeitak 		জামবোৰক
zambürok 		জামবিলাকক
zambilakok
genitive জামৰ
zamor 		জামটোৰ
zamtür 		জামকেইটাৰ
zamkeitar 		জামবোৰৰ
zambüror 		জামবিলাকৰ
zambilakor
dative জামলৈ
zamoloi 		জামটোলৈ
zamtüloi 		জামকেইটালৈ
zamkeitaloi 		জামবোৰলৈ
zambüroloi 		জামবিলাকলৈ
zambilakoloi
terminative জামলৈকে
zamoloike 		জামটোলৈকে
zamtüloike 		জামকেইটালৈকে
zamkeitaloike 		জামবোৰলৈকে
zambüroloike 		জামবিলাকলৈকে
zambilakoloike
instrumental জামেৰে
zamere 		জামটোৰে
zamtüre 		জামকেইটাৰে
zamkeitare 		জামবোৰেৰে
zambürere 		জামবিলাকেৰে
zambilakere
locative জামত
zamot 		জামটোত
zamtüt 		জামকেইটাত
zamkeitat 		জামবোৰত
zambürot 		জামবিলাকত
zambilakot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead.
Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere).
Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case.
Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Bengali

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu).

Noun

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জাম • (jam)

  1. jambul

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian جام (jām), ultimately from Middle Persian [script needed] (yāma, “glass”). Related to Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬨𐬀 (yama, “glass”).[1][2]

Noun

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জাম • (jam)

  1. glass; cup
    Synonym: পেয়ালা (peẏala)
    রোম-সম্রাট শরাবের জাম হাতে থর থর কাঁপে
    rom-śômraṭ śôraber jam hate thôr thôr kãpe
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

trembles the cup of wine on the hand of emperor of Rome - Kazi Nazrul Islam

Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Classical Persian زنگ (zang), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *geng- (“lump”) and cognate with Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros, “tubercular disease in olive-trees”).[3] For the sense development compare the meanings "cancer", "disease of plants" found in some of the cognates. Compare Hindustani زنگ / ज़ंग (zaṅg).

Noun

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জাম • (zam)

  1. rust

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from English jam.

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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জাম • (jam) (comparative আরও জাম, superlative সবচেয়ে জাম)

  1. Alternative form of জ্যাম (jêm)

Noun

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জাম • (jam)

  1. Alternative form of জ্যাম (jêm)

References

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  1. ^ The Silk Road Encyclopedia. (n.d.). United States: Seoul Selection.
  2. ^ The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. (1910). United Kingdom: Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, p. 248
  3. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 883

Early Assamese

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জাম

Etymology

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From Sanskrit জম্বু (jambu).

Noun

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জাম (jamo)

  1. jambul
    তেন্তেলি কণ্টকি আম জাম নাগেশ্বৰ ॥
    tenteli koṇṭoki amo jamo nageśboro .
    Tamarinds, jackfruits, mangos, jambuls, mesua ferra.
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