jasmine

See also: Jasmine

English

A 19th-century watercolour of the wild jasmine (Jasminum laurifolium) from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings, National Museum of Singapore

The winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)

Alternative forms

jassamine, jessamine

Etymology

Borrowed from French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين‎ (yāsamīn), from Persian ‎ (yâsamin), ‎ (yâsaman).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/
Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

jasmine (countable and uncountable, plural jasmines)

Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
The perfume obtained from these plants.
Any of several unrelated plants having a similar perfume.
A yellow colour.
jasmine:

Derived terms

Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
bastard jasmine (Cestrum elegans)
blue jasmine (Clematis crispa)
Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
Carolina jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens)
Catalan jasmine/Catalonian jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)
cayenne jasmine (Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea
Chilean jasmine (Mandevilla laxa)
climbing jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum)
common jasmine (Jasminum officinale}
confederate jasmine (Trachelospermum spp.)
crepe jasmine/crape jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricate
day jasmine (Cestrum diurnum)
ground jasmine (Passerina stelleri)
Italian jasmine (Chrysojasminum humile, syn. Jasminum humile)
Japanese star jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
Jasmine
jasmine rice
jasmine tea
Madagascar jasmine (Stephanotis floribunda)
night jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum)
night-blooming jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis)
night-flowering jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis)
orange jasmine (Cestrum aurantiacum, Murraya paniculata)
poet's jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)
primrose jasmine (Jasminum mesnyi)
red jasmine (Plumeria rubra)
rock jasmine (Androsace spp.)
royal jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)
sambac jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)
star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides)
tree jasmine
true jasmine (Jasminum officinale}
Tuscan jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
West Indian jasmine (Plumeria alba)
white jasmine
willow-leaved jasmine (Cestrum parqui)
winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)

Translations

plant of genus Jasminum

Albanian: jasemin (sq) m
Arabic: يَاسَمِين‎ (ar) m (yāsamīn)
Armenian: հասմիկ (hy) (hasmik)
Azerbaijani: jasmin (az)
Bengali: ইয়াসমিন (iyasômin)
Burmese: စံပယ် (my) (campai)
Catalan: gessamí m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 茉莉花 (zh) (mòlìhuā), 茉莉 (zh) (mòlì)
Min Nan: 茉莉花 (zh-min-nan) (ba̍k-nī-hue), 茉莉 (ba̍k-nī)
Czech: jasmín (cs) m
Danish: jasmin c
Dutch: jasmijn (nl)
Esperanto: jasmeno
Finnish: jasmiini (fi)
French: jasmin (fr) m
Galician: xasmín m
Georgian: ჟასმინი (žasmini)
German: Jasmin (de) m, Jasminum n
Greek: γιασεμί (el) n (giasemí)
Ancient: ἰάσμη f (iásmē)
Gujarati: જાસ્મીન (jāsmīn)
Hawaiian: pikake
Hebrew: יַסְמִין‎ (he) m (yasmín)
Hindi: चमेली (hi) f (camelī), चंबेली f (cambelī)
Hungarian: jázmin (hu)
Hunsrik: Schasmin m
Indonesian: melati (id)
Italian: gelsomino (it) m
Japanese: 茉莉 (まつり, matsuri), ジャスミン (ja) (jasumin), (the flower specifically) 茉莉花 (ja) (まつりか, matsurika)
Kannada: ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ (kn) (mallige)
Kazakh: ақжұпар (aqjūpar), жасаман (jasaman)
Khmer: ផ្កាម្លិះ (pkaa mlᵻh)
Korean: 재스민 (jaeseumin), 말리(茉莉) (ko) (malli), 말리화(茉莉花) (mallihwa)
Maori: akakaikiore, akakiore, kaihua, tōtorowene
Naga Pidgin: jasmin phul
Pashto: جیسمین‎
Persian: یاسمن‎ (fa) (yâsaman)
Polish: jaśmin (pl) m
Portuguese: jasmim (pt) m
Punjabi: ਚੰਬੇਲੀ (cambelī), ਚਮੇਲੀ (camelī)
Romanian: jasmin m, iasomie (ro) f
Russian: жасми́н (ru) m (žasmín)
Sanskrit: कुन्द (sa) m (kunda)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јасмин m
Roman: jasmin (sh) m
Sindhi: جوسمين‎
Spanish: jazmín (es) f
Swahili: asumini
Tagalog: sampaga, hasmin
Tajik: ёсуман (yosuman)
Telugu: మల్లె (te) (malle)
Thai: มะลิ (th) (má-lí)
Tibetan: བ་སྤུའི་མེ་ཏིག (ba spu'i me tig)
Turkish: yasemin (tr)
Ukrainian: жасми́н m (žasmýn)
Urdu: چمیلی‎ f (camelī), چنبیلی‎ (ur) f (cambelī)
Uyghur: يەسىمەن‎ (yesimen)
Vietnamese: lài (vi), nhài (vi)
Western Panjabi: کلیاں‎

perfume

Danish: jasmin c
Finnish: jasmiini (fi)
Greek: γιασεμί (el) n (giasemí)
Italian: gelsomino (it) m
Japanese: ジャスミン (ja) (jasumin)
Portuguese: jasmim (pt) m
Romanian: jasmin m, iasomie (ro) f

plant with similar perfume

colour

Finnish: jasmiini (fi)
Japanese: 薄黄色 (usukiiro)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} يَسْمِين‎ m (yasmīn)
Bengali: ^{(please verify)} জুঁই (jũi), ^{(please verify)} বেল (bn) (bel), ^{(please verify)} মালতী (malôtī)
German: ^{(please verify)} Jasmin (de) m
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} bunga melati
Acehnese: meulu cut, meulu cina
Balinese: meluh
Banda: ^{(please verify)} menyuru
Bima and Sumbawa: ^{(please verify)} mundu
Javanese: melur
Madurese: malete
Manadonese/Minahasan: ^{(please verify)} manduru
Marathi: ^{(please verify)} चमेली f (camelī)
Persian: ^{(please verify)} یاسمن‎ (fa) (yāsamen), ^{(please verify)} یاس‎ (fa) (yās), ^{(please verify)} یاسمون‎ (yāsamūn), ^{(please verify)} یاسمین‎ (fa) (yāsamīn)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} jasmin (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} јасмин m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} јасмин m
Roman: ^{(please verify)} jasmin (sh) m
Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} girsuminu (scn) m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} jazmín (es) m
Tajik: ^{(please verify)} ёсамин (yosamin), ^{(please verify)} ёсуман (yosuman)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మల్లె (te) (malle), ^{(please verify)} జాజి (te) (jāji)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} yasemin (tr)
Urdu: ^{(please verify)} یاسمین‎ (yāsmīn), ^{(please verify)} چمیلی‎ (camelī), ^{(please verify)} چنبیلی‎ (ur) (cambelī)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} lài (vi), ^{(please verify)} nhài (vi)

References

jasmine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Jasminum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Jasminum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

Mijanès, jamisen