जामुन

See also: जमना, ज़माना, ज़मीन, and जमाना

Hindi

Alternative forms

जामन (jāman)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *जम्बून (jambūna), a by-form of जम्बुल (jambula).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː.mʊn/, [d͡ʒäː.mʊ̃n̪]

Noun

जामुन • (jāmun) m

jamun, the fruit of Syzygium cumini

Declension

Declension of जामुन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जामुन jāmun	जामुन jāmun
oblique	जामुन jāmun	जामुनों jāmunõ
vocative	जामुन jāmun	जामुनो jāmuno

Derived terms

गुलाब जामुन (gulāb jāmun)

Descendants

→ English: jamun, jamoon
→ Pashto: جامن‎ (jāmán), جامنو‎ (jāmanú)
→ Persian: جامن‎ (jâman)
→ Punjabi: ਜਾਮਣ (jāmaṇ)

Further reading

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jambula”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 283

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