जमा

See also: जामा and जामौ

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.mɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.mäː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian جمع (jam'), from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ).

Noun

जमा • (jamā) m (Urdu spelling جمع)

1. gathering, meeting, collection
2. deposit (of money)

   जमा करना ― jamā karnā ― to deposit

3. (finance) capital, principal; credit
4. (mathematics) addition

   Synonym: जोड़ (joṛ)

Declension

Declension of जमा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जमा jamā	जमे jame
oblique	जमे jame	जमों jamõ
vocative	जमे jame	जमो jamo

Adjective

जमा • (jamā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling جمع)

1. deposited
2. collected, gathered

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

जमा • (jamā) (Urdu spelling جما)

1. inflection of जमना (jamnā):
   1. direct masculine singular perfective participle
   2. masculine singular perfect indicative
2. inflection of जमाना (jamānā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जमा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 358