जंगी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جنگی (jangī), from the noun جنگ (jang). By surface analysis, जंग (jaṅg) +‎ -ई (). Compare Punjabi ਜੰਗੀ (jaṅgī) / جَنگی (jangī), Bengali জঙ্গী (joṅgi), Gujarati જંગી (jaṅgī).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəŋ.ɡiː/, [d͡ʒɐ̃ŋ.ɡiː]

Adjective

जंगी • (jaṅgī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling جنگی)

  1. warlike
  2. military
  3. martial

Descendants

  • ? Malay: janggi

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جنگی (jangī), from the noun جنگ (jang).

Adjective

जंगी • (jaṅgī)

  1. huge, big
    Synonym: मोठे (moṭhe)
    जंगी पार्टीjaṅgī pārṭīhuge party
    जंगी स्वागतjaṅgī svāgatbig welcome

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “जंगी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जंगी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “जंगी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)