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) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː.mʊn/, [d͡ʒäː.mʊ̃n]

Noun

जामुन • (jāmun) m

1. 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