कबाबचीनी
Hindi
Etymology
A plant native to Srivijaya, apparently a calque of Javanese kumukus (“cubeb; smoke”), from kukus (“smoke, steam”), based on Hindi कबाब (kabāb, “roast meat, kebab”), or this calque happened first in Arabic كَبَابَة (kabāba), which has also a convincing derivation from كِبَّة (kibba, “globule; meatball”); then likely acquired in Hindustani via Persian کبابه چینی (kabāba-yi čīnī), کباب چینی (kabāb-i čīnī, “cubeb”) from it.
Noun
कबाबचीनी • (kabābcīnī) f (Urdu spelling کباب چینی)
- cubeb
Declension
Declension of कबाबचीनी (fem ī-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | कबाबचीनी kabābcīnī | कबाबचीनियाँ kabābcīniyā̃ |
oblique | कबाबचीनी kabābcīnī | कबाबचीनियों kabābcīniyõ |
vocative | कबाबचीनी kabābcīnī | कबाबचीनियो kabābcīniyo |