कबाबचीनी

Hindi

Etymology

A plant native to Srivijaya, apparently a calque of Javanese kumukus (cubeb; smoke), from kukus (smoke, steam), based on Hindi कबाब (kabāb, roast meat, kebab), or this calque happened first in Arabic كَبَابَة (kabāba), which has also a convincing derivation from كِبَّة (kibba, globule; meatball); then likely acquired in Hindustani via Classical Persian کَبَابَهٔ چِینِی (kabāba-yi čīnī), کَبَابِ چِینِی (kabāb-i čīnī, cubeb) from it.

Noun

कबाबचीनी • (kabābcīnīf (Urdu spelling کباب چینی)

  1. cubeb

Declension

Declension of कबाबचीनी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct कबाबचीनी
kabābcīnī
कबाबचीनियाँ
kabābcīniyā̃
oblique कबाबचीनी
kabābcīnī
कबाबचीनियों
kabābcīniyõ
vocative कबाबचीनी
kabābcīnī
कबाबचीनियो
kabābcīniyo