जंगल

See also: जुगल, जंगला, and जंगली

Hindi

Alternative forms

• जङ्गल (jaṅgal)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “any arid or sterile region”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəŋ.ɡəl/, [d͡ʒə̃ŋ.ɡəl̪]

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Noun

जंगल • (jaṅgal) m (Urdu spelling جنگل‎)

1. forest, woods

   Synonyms: बन (ban), वन (van)

   यह जंगल मीलों तक फैला हुआ है।

   yah jaṅgal mīlõ tak phailā huā hai.

   This forest stretches for miles.

Declension

Declension of जंगल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जंगल jaṅgal	जंगल jaṅgal
oblique	जंगल jaṅgal	जंगलों jaṅgalõ
vocative	जंगल jaṅgal	जंगलो jaṅgalo

Descendants

• → English: jungle
  • → Catalan: jungla
  • → Czech: džungle
  • → Danish: jungle
  • → Dutch: jungle
  • → French: jungle
    • → Romanian: junglă
  • → German: Dschungel, Tschungel
    • → Hungarian: dzsungel
  • → Esperanto: ĝangalo
  • → Italian: giungla
  • → Japanese: ジャングル (janguru)
  • → Korean: 정글 (jeonggeul)
  • → Polish: dżungla
  • → Russian: джу́нгли (džúngli)
    • → Armenian: ջունգլի (ǰungli)
    • → Georgian: ჯუნგლი (ǯungli)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: džungla
  • → Slovak: džungľa
  • → Slovene: džungla
  • → Spanish: jungla
  • → Swedish: djungel
  • → Ukrainian: джу́нглі (džúnhli)
  • → Welsh: jyngl

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “जंगल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”).

Noun

जंगल • (jaṅgal) n

1. jungle

   Synonym: वन (van)

2. woods, forest

Declension

Declension of जंगल (jaṅgal)
direct singular	जंगल jaṅgal
direct plural	जंगले, जंगलं jaṅgale, jaṅgala
	singular		plural
nominative	जंगल jaṅgal		जंगले, जंगलं jaṅgale, jaṅgala
oblique	जंगला- jaṅgalā-		जंगलां- jaṅgalāN-
dative	जंगलाला jaṅgalālā		जंगलांना jaṅgalāNnā
ergative	जंगलाने jaṅgalāne		जंगलांनी jaṅgalāNni
instrumental	जंगलाशी jaṅgalāśi		जंगलांशी jaṅgalāNśi
locative	जंगलात jaṅgalāt		जंगलांत jaṅgalāNt
vocative	जंगला jaṅgalā		जंगलांनो jaṅgalāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of जंगल
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	जंगलाचा jaṅgalāċā	जंगलाचे jaṅgalāce	जंगलाची jaṅgalāci	जंगलाच्या jaṅgalāca	जंगलाचे, जंगलाचं jaṅgalāce, jaṅgalāċa	जंगलाची jaṅgalāci	जंगलाच्या jaṅgalāca
plural subject	जंगलांचा jaṅgalāNċā	जंगलांचे jaṅgalāNce	जंगलांची jaṅgalāNci	जंगलांच्या jaṅgalāNca	जंगलांचे, जंगलांचं jaṅgalāNce, jaṅgalāNċa	जंगलांची jaṅgalāNci	जंगलांच्या jaṅgalāNca
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• जंगली (jaṅglī, “wild”)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “जंगल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.