Etymology

jungle

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Today it means: A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest. Full definition →

Urdu جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal) ← Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala) ← Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal)
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  1. Sanskritजङ्गल (jaṅgala)
  2. Sauraseni Prakrit𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala)
  3. Hindiजंगल (jaṅgal)
  4. Sauraseni Prakrit𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala)
  5. Urduجَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)
  6. English todayjungle

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal) / Urdu جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid or sterile region, desert”), from a substrate language. First appears c. 1776 in a translation by Nathaniel Halhed.

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