jambu

jambu (plural jambus)

1. Alternative form of jambul.

Semantic extension from Malay jambu, which originated from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, “a fruit or a blood pear”).

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌmbʊ/

jambu (comparative more jambu, superlative most jambu)

1. (Singapore, colloquial, informal) Cute, adorable or beautiful.
   • 2000 2 December, m0bius, soc.culture.singapore

     You discover that she has SISTERS, who are also very jambu.

   • 2007 August 27, http://her-whimsical-escapade.blogspot.sg:

     She has this healthy glow, almost like she's golden skinned, but oh so jambu lah!

   • 2008 26 July, CR[7], Singapore Bikes Forum

     got this mat saleh soooo jambu.

   • 2011 April 9, Salmah, DACE Oct 2010:

     Add me pls . There are only 5 Salmah Samions ! The most jambu looking profile is me lah !

   • 2014 October 16, https://web.archive.org/web/20160910012100/https://faithinloveandyou.wordpress.com/:

     I also wanna look jambu also what on that 2-day event.

   • 2014 December 6, theatelierweddings, Instagram:

     My very jambu Shahida for her engagement today. I have a thing for braces girls.

   • 2015 August 1, figo16, Singapore Hardware Zone Forum:

     don't sabo that minah jambu lah.

   • 2015 December 21, Farhan, All Singapore Stuff:

     A reader has shared with us a Facebook post by jambu ICA officer Adilla Ramli. She gives her view on the recent ICA jams.

Used to describe women. Does not have any sexual innuendo. Commonly found in speech and electronic media. Uncommon in newspapers and print materials.

• djamboe (1901–1947)
• djambu (1947–1972)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒambu/ [ˈd͡ʒam.bu]
• Rhymes: -ambu
• Syllabification: jam‧bu

From Malay jambu, from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, “rose apple”).

jambu (plural jambu-jambu) (Classifier: buah)

1. rose apple (any of various Syzygium species)
2. (loosely) guava (Psidium guajava)

   Synonyms: jambu batu, jambu biji

jambu (plural jambu-jambu)

1. alternative form of jambul

• “jambu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

jambu

1. romanization of ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ

• IPA^(key): /ˈjæ̂ːm.bʊ/

jámbu

1. instrumental singular of jámbas (“iamb”)

From Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, “rose apple”) via Old Javanese. Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (jambu), Chinese 染霧／染雾.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒambu/ [ˈd͡ʒam.bu]
• Rhymes: -ambu, -u
• Hyphenation: jam‧bu

jambu (Jawi spelling جمبو, plural jambu-jambu)

1. Generic term for any plant bearing pear-like or bulging fruit from the Myrtaceae family, especially in the Syzygium genus or otherwise.
2. wax apple or rose apple (Sygyzium samarangense)

   Synonyms: jambu air mawar, jambu mawar

3. Malay apple (Sygyzium malaccense).

   Synonyms: jambu bol, jambu bubul, jambu dersana, jambu keling, jambu tersana

jambu

1. (colloquial, informal) cute, adorable or beautiful.

• Indonesian: jambu

• Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 83
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “جمبو djamboe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 103
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “جمبو jambu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “jambu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 441

• “jambu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu), जम्बू (jambū).

j=ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ

jambu

1. rose apple tree and its fruit
   • Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, 145.5:

     Hana ta jambu si Sudarśana ṅaranya, tumuwuh karnah kidul.

• jambū

Inherited from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu).

jambu f

1. the rose apple tree

jambu

1. vocative singular of jambū, alternative form of the word above

jambu n

1. rose apple (the fruit)

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “jambu”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjam.bu/
• Rhymes: -ambu
• Syllabification: jam‧bu

jambu

1. genitive singular of jamb

Borrowed from Old Tupi inhambu.

jambu m (plural jambus)

1. (Brazil) paracress (Acmella oleracea)
   • 2024 August 8, Venceslau Borlina Filho, “3 dias em Belém: veja roteiro para desbravar a capital do Pará, sede da COP30”, in Folha de S.Paulo‎^[1]:

     Não deixe de comer um filé de filhote, peixe típico amazônico. Também são servidos pirarucu, dourada e pescada, entre outros. Quase tudo com jambu e tucupi.

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• tacacá

• “jambu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “jambu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• Acmella oleracea on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

jambu

1. tassel
2. fringe