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jambu

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒambu/

“jambu” is a Malay word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. Generic term for any plant bearing pear-like or bulging fruit from the Myrtaceae family, especially in the Syzygium genus or otherwise.
  2. wax apple or rose apple (Sygyzium samarangense)
  3. Malay apple (Sygyzium malaccense).

adjective

  1. cute, adorable or beautiful.

Etymology

From Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, “rose apple”) via Old Javanese. Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (jambu), Chinese 染霧／染雾.

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