जङ्गम

जङ्गम

Sanskrit

Etymology

Affix यङ्-अच् radical reduplicated and added to the root गम् (gam, “to go, to move”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐŋ.ɡɐ.mɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐŋ.ɡɐ.mɐ/

Adjective

जङ्गम • (jaṅgama)

1. mobile
2. movable, locomotive, moving, that which has motion as opposed to that which is stationary

   Synonym: अस्थावर (asthāvara)

   Antonym: स्थावर (sthāvara)

3. living
4. animate

Derived terms

• जङ्गम दूरवाणी (jaṅgama dūravāṇī, “mobile phone”)

Noun

जङ्गम • (jaṅgama) m

1. A movable thing
2. A living thing
3. An animate object