चमेली

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit चम्पवेल्लि (campavelli).[1]

Noun

चमेली • (camelī) f (Urdu spelling چمیلی‎)

  1. Spanish jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum (plant and flower).

Descendants
  • → Pashto: چمبېلی‎
  • → English: chameli

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “campavēlli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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