জাম
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জাম
জাম
Assamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit জম্বু (jambu).
Pronunciation
Noun
জাম • (zam)
- 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. | |||||||||
Bengali
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu).
Noun
জাম • (jam)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian جام (jām), ultimately from Middle Persian (yāma, “glass”). Related to Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬨𐬀 (yama, “glass”).
Noun
জাম • (jam)
- glass; cup
- Synonym: পেয়ালা (peẏala)
- 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)
trembles the cup of wine on the hand of emperor of Rome - Kazi Nazrul Islam
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”). For the sense development compare the meanings "cancer", "disease of plants" found in some of the cognates. Compare Hindustani زنگ / ज़ंग (zaṅg).
Noun
জাম • (zam)
Etymology 4
Alternative forms
- জ্যাম (jêm)
Adjective
জাম • (jam) (comparative আরও জাম, superlative সবচেয়ে জাম)
- Alternative form of জ্যাম (jêm)
Noun
জাম • (jam)
- Alternative form of জ্যাম (jêm)
References
- Accessible Dictionary, “জাম” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “জাম” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
- ^ The Silk Road Encyclopedia. (n.d.). United States: Seoul Selection.
- ^ The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. (1910). United Kingdom: Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, p. 248
- ^ 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
Early Assamese
Etymology
Noun
জাম (jamo)