जमा

See also: जामा and जामौ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from 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

References

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