Assamese

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জাম

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit জম্বু (jambu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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জাম (zam)

  1. jambul (fruit and tree)

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Bengali

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu).

Noun

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জাম (jam)

  1. jambul

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian جام (jām), ultimately from Middle Persian [script needed] (yāma, glass). Related to Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬨𐬀 (yama, glass).[1][2]

Noun

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জাম (jam)

  1. glass; cup
    Synonym: পেয়ালা (peẏala)
    রোম-সম্রাট শরাবের জাম হাতে থর থর কাঁপে
    rom-śômraṭ śôraber jam hate thôr thôr kãpe
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

trembles the cup of wine on the hand of emperor of Rome - Kazi Nazrul Islam

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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Classical Persian زنگ (zang), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *geng- (lump) and cognate with Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros, tubercular disease in olive-trees).[3] For the sense development compare the meanings "cancer", "disease of plants" found in some of the cognates. Compare Hindustani زنگ / ज़ंग (zaṅg).

Noun

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জাম (zam)

  1. rust

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from English jam.

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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জাম (jam) (comparative আরও জাম, superlative সবচেয়ে জাম)

  1. Alternative form of জ্যাম (jêm)

Noun

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জাম (jam)

  1. Alternative form of জ্যাম (jêm)

References

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  1. ^ The Silk Road Encyclopedia. (n.d.). United States: Seoul Selection.
  2. ^ The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. (1910). United Kingdom: Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, p. 248
  3. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 883

Early Assamese

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জাম

Etymology

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From Sanskrit জম্বু (jambu).

Noun

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জাম (jamo)

  1. jambul
    তেন্তেলি কণ্টকি আম জাম নাগেশ্বৰ
    tenteli koṇṭoki amo jamo nageśboro .
    Tamarinds, jackfruits, mangos, jambuls, mesua ferra.
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