जायफळ

Marathi

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit जातिफल (jātiphala), जातीफल (jātīphala). Cognate with Gujarati જાયફળ (jāyaphaḷ), Hindi जायफल (jāyphal), Punjabi ਜਾਇਫਲ (jāiphal), Bengali জায়ফল (jaẏophol), Assamese জাঁইফল (zãiphol).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡zaj.pʰəɭ̆/
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Noun

ज़ायफळ • (j̈āyphaḷ) n

  1. nutmeg

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “जायफळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जायफळ”, 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) “जायफळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jātīphala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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