جنجال

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Persian

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Urdu جنجال (janjāl) / Hindi जंजाल (jañjāl, entanglements, complications, problems), from Sanskrit जन (jana) + जालं (jālaṃ).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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جنجال (janjâl)

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

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “جنجال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.