As a Hindi name
जाना
to go, leave, depart; to go to, extend; to be lost; an auxiliary verb
जाना · masculine
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit ग॒त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *yéh₂ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHti Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáHti Sanskrit याति॑ (yā́ti) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti) Prakrit जाइ (jāi) Hindi जाना Inherited from Prakrit जाइ (jāi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskri…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
A snake-catcher. E. jaṅgala a wilderness, and iñ aff.
Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jāṅgali" is the vocative of "jāṅgalin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "jāṅgali" is the vocative of "jāṅgalī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
jāṅgali m. = ˚guli, L.
jāṅgali m. (-liḥ) A snake-catcher. E. jaṅgala a wilderness, and iñ aff.
jāṅgalī f. Mucuna pruritus, L.
for ˚gulī, q.v.
Caveats
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