अजमोद

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अजमोद (ajamoda).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /əd͡ʒ.moːd̪/, [ɐd͡ʒ.moːd̪]
• Hyphenation: अज‧मोद

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Noun

अजमोद • (ajmod) m (female equivalent अजमोदिका, Urdu spelling اَجْمود)

1. celery, Apium graveolens

Declension

Declension of अजमोद (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अजमोद ajmod	अजमोद ajmod
oblique	अजमोद ajmod	अजमोदों ajmodõ
vocative	अजमोद ajmod	अजमोदो ajmodo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अजमोद”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 121
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “اجمود”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 40
• Platts, John T. (1884), “اجمود”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 24
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अजमोद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 17
• “अजमोद”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• John Shakespear (1834), “اجمود”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 40

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অজমোদ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬚᬫᭀᬤ (Balinese script)
• অজমোদ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰕𑰦𑰺𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀚𑀫𑁄𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• အဇမောဒ (Burmese script)
• અજમોદ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਜਮੋਦ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌜𑌮𑍋𑌦 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦗꦩꦺꦴꦢ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂔𑂧𑂷𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಜಮೋದ (Kannada script)
• អជមោទ (Khmer script)
• ອຊໂມທ (Lao script)
• അജമോദ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡯᠠᠮᠣᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘕𑘦𑘻𑘟 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠽᠠᠮᠣᠸᠠᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦵𑧆𑧜𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐖𑐩𑑀𑐡 (Newa script)
• ଅଜମୋଦ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢙꢪꣂꢣ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆘𑆩𑆾𑆢 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖕𑖦𑖺𑖟 (Siddham script)
• අජමොද (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩣𑩴𑩕𑩭 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚑𑚢𑚴𑚛 (Takri script)
• அஜமோத³ (Tamil script)
• అజమోద (Telugu script)
• อชโมท (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཛ་མོ་ད (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒖𑒧𑒼𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨥𑨢𑨆𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अज (aja) +‎ मोद (moda). Literally, “goat's delight”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.d͡ʑɐ.mɐw.dɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.d͡ʑɐ.moː.d̪ɐ/

Noun

अजमोद • (ajamoda) stem, m

1. celery, Apium graveolens

Descendants

Terms inherited from अजमोद (ajamoda)

• Pali: ajamoja
• Prakrit: (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-))
  • Ahirani: ओवा (ovā)
  • Gujarati: અજમો (ajamo)
  • Kachchi: અજમુ (ajamu)
  • Konkani:

    Devanagari script: ओंवो

    Latin script: vonv

  • Malvi: अजमो (ajmo)
  • Marathi: ओवा (ovā)
  • Marwari:

    Devanagari script: अजमौ (ajmau)

    Mahajani script: 𑅐𑅛𑅬𑅒 (ajmu)

Learned borrowings from अजमोद (ajamoda)

• Gujarati: અજમોદ (ajamod)
• Hindustani: ajmod

  Hindi: अजमोद

  Urdu: اَجْمود (ajmod)

• Kannada: ಅಜಮೋದ (ajamōda)
• Malayalam: അയമോതകം (ayamōtakaṁ), അയമോദകം (ayamōdakaṁ)
• Tamil: அசமோதகம் (acamōtakam)
• Telugu: అజమోద (ajamōda)
• Tocharian B: ajamot

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ajamōda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 8