जाम

See also: जामा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːm/, [d͡ʒä̃ːm]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَام (jām). Cognate with Bengali জাম (jam).

Noun

जाम • (jām) m (Urdu spelling جام)

1. goblet, bowl, cup, (usually of wine)

   Synonym: प्याला (pyālā)

   जाम भरकर पिलाना ― jām bharkar pilānā ― to serve a glass of wine

2. (loosely) glass, drinking vessel

Declension

Declension of जाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जाम jām	जाम jām
oblique	जाम jām	जामों jāmõ
vocative	जाम jām	जामो jāmo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English jam.

Adjective

जाम • (jām) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling جام)

1. jammed

   मशीन जाम हो गई ― maśīn jām ho gaī ― The machine got jammed

Noun

जाम • (jām) m (Urdu spelling جام)

1. jam (congestion)
2. jam (jelly)
3. (sailing) a place where ship can jam, becoming jammed
4. (sailing) the pulley or winch of a ship which when moved by putting a stick in, leads to slipping of chain to which the rudder is tied

Declension

Declension of जाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जाम jām	जाम jām
oblique	जाम jām	जामों jāmõ
vocative	जाम jām	जामो jāmo

Etymology 3

Inherited from Prakrit जाम (jāma, “watch, vigil”), from Sanskrit याम (yāma, “restraint, night-watch”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yā́mas, from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to restrain”). Doublet of याम (yām). Compare Pali याम (yāma). Related to जमना (jamnā, “to freeze”).

Noun

जाम • (jām) m (Urdu spelling جام)

1. alternative form of याम (yām); a watch of the day or night, period of three hours

Declension

Declension of जाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जाम jām	जाम jām
oblique	जाम jām	जामों jāmõ
vocative	जाम jām	जामो jāmo

Derived terms

• जामिक (jāmik, “a watchman”)

Etymology 4

Inherited from Prakrit जंबू (jaṃbū), from Sanskrit जम्बू (jambū), जम्बुल (jambula), जम्बु (jambu, “rose apple”). Related to जामुन (jāmun). Cognate with Assamese জাম (zam), Bengali জাম (jam), Gujarati જામ (jām), જાંબુ (jā̃bu), Marathi जांब (jāmba), and Punjabi ਜੰਮੂ (jammū). Doublet of जम्मू (jammū), जंबू (jambū), and जंबु (jambu).

Noun

जाम • (jām) m (Urdu spelling جام)

1. jamun, rose apple

   Synonym: जामुन (jāmun)

2. guava

   Synonym: अमरूद (amrūd)

Declension

Declension of जाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जाम jām	जाम jām
oblique	जाम jām	जामों jāmõ
vocative	जाम jām	जामो jāmo

Etymology 5

Inherited from Prakrit जम्म (jamma), from Sanskrit जन्म (janma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHma, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥. Doublet of जन्म (janma). Cognate with Punjabi ਜੰਮ (jamm) and Old Bengali জাম (jāma).

Noun

जाम • (jām) m (Urdu spelling جام)

1. a son

   Synonym: बेटा (beṭā)

2. seed

Declension

Declension of जाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जाम jām	जाम jām
oblique	जाम jām	जामों jāmõ
vocative	जाम jām	जामो jāmo

Derived terms

• अनजामा (anjāmā, “barren”)
• जमड़ा (jamṛā, “father”)
• जमड़ी (jamṛī, “mother”)
• जामना (jāmnā, “to arise, germinate”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “जाम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “जाम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “जाम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “जाम”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.