जंगल jaṅgal
Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.
How to read the transliteration
This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
A few reading pointers:
- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
Forest, wood, wilderness.
Usual translation
- jungle
Origin of the definition
जंगल jaṅgala jaṅgal (nm) a forest, wood; wilderness; —में मंगल a paradise in wilderness; —में मोर नाचा किसने देखा wood in a wilderness, moss in a mountain and wit in a poor man's breast are little thought of.
S جنگل जङ्गल jangal , s.m. A jungle, wood, forest, thicket; forest land; waste land; land or country overgrown with long grass and weeds; a wild or uninhabited part; long grass and weeds (on grounds, or in a garden, &c.); — adj. Wild, waste, desert, solitary: — jangal-burī, s.f. The act of clearing woodlands: — jangal phirnā, jangal jānā, v.n. 'To walk in or go to the wood'; to ease oneself: — jangal ṣāf-karnā, To clear land: — jangal-kā ādmī, s.m. A wild man, &c. = ban-mānus: — jangal-o-wīrān, Jungle and waste.
Usage in the murlis
Murlis of the day (and original sakar)
502 occurrences
In 341 on 2386 murlis
Avyakts
35 occurrences
In 25 on 1112 murlis
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4 occurrences
In 3 on 122 murlis
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