जम्बु

Etymology
Related to 🇨🇬,, , ,. Of origin. Perhaps together with 🇨🇬 borrowed from a non-Aryan source. Might be related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and other words found in Native Caucasian languages listed there. S. L. Nikolayev and S. A. Starostin propose a Caucasian origin.

Noun

 * 1) the jambul tree (, syn., or certain other species of ) ( 8,  &c.)
 * 2) the shrub
 * 1) the shrub

Usage notes

 * Many dictionaries of Sanskrit identify this term as originally referring to the rose apple . However, as pointed out by Wujastyk, this identification is clearly erroneous; Indian botanical descriptions of the jambu correspond to, not . Furthermore, is not known in India before the early modern period, while attestations of jambu date back to before the Common Era. This confusion may have originated since reflexes of the term can refer to in many Southeast Asian languages.
 * Meister claims that jambu may have originally referred to the jackfruit based on what he identifies as sculptural depictions of the jambu. However, most modern Indo-Aryan languages refer to the jackfruit using descendants of.

Noun

 * 1) the jambul fruit