जम्मा

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu جَمْع (jam'), from Classical Persian جَمْع (jam'), from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡zʌmːä]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: जम्मा

Adjective

जम्मा • (jammā)

  1. total

Adverb

जम्मा • (jammā)

  1. No more than; just
  2. in all, in total, all together
    जम्मा कति भयो?
    jammā kati bhayo?
    All together, how much was it?

Noun

जम्मा • (jammā)

  1. sum

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “जम्मा”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 209