جنگل

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Burushaski

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu جَن٘گَل (jangal)

Pronunciation

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Noun

جَنگَل (jangal) ?

forest

References

Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “jangal”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:

جنگل

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal)/Urdu, from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	jangal
Dari reading^?	jangal
Iranian reading^?	jangal
Tajik reading^?	jangal

Noun


Iranian Persian	جنگل
Dari	جنگل
Tajik	ҷангал

جَنْگَل • (jangal) (plural جنگل‌ها (jangal-hâ))

jungle, forest
Synonym: بیشِه (biše)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: cəngəl
- → Armenian: ժանգալ (žangal) (probably)
→ Ottoman Turkish: جنگل (cengel)
- Turkish: cengel
- → Bulgarian: ге́нгер (génger)
→ Kyrgyz: жаңгел (jaŋgel)

Urdu

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:

جنگل

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid or sterile region”), from a substrate language.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəŋ.ɡəl/
Rhymes: -əl

Noun

جَن٘گَل • (jaṅgal) m (Hindi spelling जंगल)

jungle, forest, wilderness

Declension

Declension of جنگل
	singular	plural
direct	جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)	جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)
oblique	جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)	جَن٘گَلوں (jaṅgalõ)
vocative	جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)	جَن٘گَلو (jaṅgalo)

Descendants

→ English: jungle (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jāṅgala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

“جنگل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“جنگل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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