जंगी

See also: जुग, जग, जुंग, and जंग

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جنگی (jangī), from the noun جنگ (jang). By surface analysis, जंग (jaṅg) +‎ -ई (-ī). Compare Punjabi ਜੰਗੀ (jaṅgī) / جَنگی (jangī), Bengali জঙ্গী (joṅgi), Gujarati જંગી (jaṅgī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəŋ.ɡiː/, [d͡ʒɐ̃ŋ.ɡiː]

Adjective

जंगी • (jaṅgī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling جنگی)

1. warlike
2. military
3. martial

Related terms

• जंग (jaṅg)
• जंगजू (jaṅgjū)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जंगी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جنگی (jangī), from the noun جنگ (jang).

Adjective

जंगी • (jaṅgī)

1. huge, big

   Synonym: मोठे (moṭhe)

   जंगी पार्टी ― jaṅgī pārṭī ― huge party

   जंगी स्वागत ― jaṅgī svāgat ― big welcome

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “जंगी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जंगी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “जंगी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).