জাম

জাম

Assamese

জাম

Alternative forms

• জামুক (zamuk), জামু (zamu)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit জম্বু (jambu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zam/

Noun

জাম • (zam)

1. jambul (fruit and tree)

Declension

Inflection of জাম

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			numeral				non-numeral (plural)
			singular		plural		informal
absolutive	জাম zam		জামটো zamtü		জামকেইটা zamkeita		জামবোৰ zambür		জামবিলাক zambilak
ergative	জামে zame		জামটোৱে zamtüe		জামকেইটাই zamkeitai		জামবোৰে zambüre		জামবিলাকে zambilake
accusative	জামক zamok		জামটোক zamtük		জামকেইটাক zamkeitak		জামবোৰক zambürok		জামবিলাকক zambilakok
genitive	জামৰ zamor		জামটোৰ zamtür		জামকেইটাৰ zamkeitar		জামবোৰৰ zambüror		জামবিলাকৰ zambilakor
dative	জামলৈ zamoloi		জামটোলৈ zamtüloi		জামকেইটালৈ zamkeitaloi		জামবোৰলৈ zambüroloi		জামবিলাকলৈ zambilakoloi
terminative	জামলৈকে zamoloike		জামটোলৈকে zamtüloike		জামকেইটালৈকে zamkeitaloike		জামবোৰলৈকে zambüroloike		জামবিলাকলৈকে zambilakoloike
instrumental	জামেৰে zamere		জামটোৰে zamtüre		জামকেইটাৰে zamkeitare		জামবোৰেৰে zambürere		জামবিলাকেৰে zambilakere
locative	জামত zamot		জামটোত zamtüt		জামকেইটাত zamkeitat		জামবোৰত zambürot		জামবিলাকত zambilakot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

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Bengali

Etymology 1

Related to Sanskrit जन्बु (janbu).

Noun

জাম • (jam)

1. blackberry

Etymology 2

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

Noun

জাম • (jam)

1. glass; cup

   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)

   - Kazi Nazrul Islam

   Synonym: পেয়ালা (peyala)

Derived terms

• জামবাটি (jambaṭi)

Etymology 3

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.

Noun

জাম • (zam)

1. rust

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English jam, which was first attested in the early 18th c. as an English verb meaning “to press, be pressed, be wedged in”.

Adjective

জাম • (jam)

1. overcrowded; forcibly compact; jammed

   সভাগৃহ জাম

   śôbhagrihô jam

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun

জাম • (jam)

1. something that is in a tight, tense, compact state.

   জানালাটা জাম হয়ে আছে

   janalaṭa jam hôẏe ache

   The window is jam

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “জাম” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “জাম” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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

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Early Assamese

জাম

Etymology

From Sanskrit জম্বু (jambu).

Noun

জাম (jamo)

1. jambul

   তেন্তেলি কণ্টকি আমজাম নাগেশ্বৰ ॥

   tenteli koṇṭoki amo jamo nageśboro .

   Tamarinds, jackfruits, mangos, jambuls, mesua ferra.