جنجال

Persian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Urdu جنجال (janjāl) / Hindi जंजाल (jañjāl, “entanglements, complications, problems”), from Sanskrit *जञ्जाल (*jañjāla).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒan.ˈd͡ʒaːl/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒän.d͡ʒɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒän.d͡ʒɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒän.d͡ʒɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒän.d͡ʒɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæn.d͡ʒɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒän.d͡ʒɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	janjāl
Dari reading?	janjāl
Iranian reading?	janjâl
Tajik reading?	janjol

Noun

جنجال • (janjāl / janjâl) (Tajik spelling ҷанҷол)

1. tumult, commotion, brawl
2. mob, raucous crowd

Derived terms

• جنجالی (janjâli)

Descendants

• → Turkmen: jenjel

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “جنجال”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim