जंगल

See also: जुगल, जंगला, and जंगली

Hindi

Alternative forms

• जङ्गल (jaṅgal)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “any arid or sterile region”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəŋ.ɡəl/, [d͡ʒɐ̃ŋ.ɡɐl]

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Noun

जंगल • (jaṅgal) m (Urdu spelling جنگل)

1. forest, woods

   Synonyms: बन (ban), वन (van)

   यह जंगल मीलों तक फैला हुआ है।

   yah jaṅgal mīlõ tak phailā huā hai.

   This forest stretches for miles.

Declension

Declension of जंगल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जंगल jaṅgal	जंगल jaṅgal
oblique	जंगल jaṅgal	जंगलों jaṅgalõ
vocative	जंगल jaṅgal	जंगलो jaṅgalo

Descendants

• → English: jungle
  • → Catalan: jungla
  • → Czech: džungle
  • → Danish: jungle
  • → Dutch: jungle
  • → French: jungle
    • → Romanian: junglă
  • → German: Dschungel, Tschungel
    • → Hungarian: dzsungel
  • → Esperanto: ĝangalo
  • → Italian: giungla
  • → Japanese: ジャングル (janguru)
  • → Korean: 정글 (jeonggeul)
  • → Polish: dżungla
  • → Russian: джу́нгли (džúngli)
    • → Armenian: ջունգլի (ǰungli)
    • → Georgian: ჯუნგლი (ǯungli)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: džungla
  • → Slovak: džungľa
  • → Slovene: džungla
  • → Spanish: jungla
  • → Swedish: djungel
  • → Ukrainian: джу́нглі (džúnhli)
  • → Welsh: jyngl

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “जंगल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”).

Noun

जंगल • (jaṅgal) n

1. jungle

   Synonym: वन (van)

2. woods, forest

Declension

Declension of जंगल (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	जंगल jaṅgal
direct plural	जंगले, जंगलं jaṅgale, jaṅgla
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	जंगल jaṅgal		जंगले, जंगलं jaṅgale, jaṅgla
oblique सामान्यरूप	जंगला jaṅgalā		जंगलां- jaṅgalān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	जंगलाला jaṅgalālā		जंगलांना jaṅgalānnā
ergative	जंगलाने, जंगलानं jaṅgalāne, jaṅgalāna		जंगलांनी jaṅgalānnī
instrumental	जंगलाशी jaṅgalāśī		जंगलांशी jaṅgalānśī
locative सप्तमी	जंगलात jaṅgalāt		जंगलांत jaṅgalāt
vocative संबोधन	जंगला jaṅgalā		जंगलांनो jaṅgalānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of जंगल (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	जंगलाचा jaṅgalāċā	जंगलाचे jaṅgalāċe	जंगलाची jaṅgalācī	जंगलाच्या jaṅgalācā	जंगलाचे, जंगलाचं jaṅgalāċe, jaṅgalāċa	जंगलाची jaṅgalācī	जंगलाच्या jaṅgalācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	जंगलांचा jaṅgalānċā	जंगलांचे jaṅgalānċe	जंगलांची jaṅgalāñcī	जंगलांच्या jaṅgalāncā	जंगलांचे, जंगलांचं jaṅgalānċe, jaṅgalānċa	जंगलांची jaṅgalāñcī	जंगलांच्या jaṅgalāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• जंगली (jaṅglī, “wild”)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “जंगल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.