As a Hindi name
जामा · noun · masculine
पहनावा । कपडा़ । वस्त्र · एक प्रकार का घुटने के नीचे बडे़ घेरे का पुराना पहनावा — Śabdasāgara
जामा · masculine
jam; garment; robe; gown
जामा · masculine
jamia, congregational mosque
Cited formation "जामा" is जाम + -आ: जाम means "goblet, bowl, cup, (usually of wine)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "जामा" is जामना + -आ: जामना means "(prov.) = jamānā, q.v", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "जामा" is जाम + -आ: जाम means "goblet, bowl, cup, (usually of wine)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian جامه (jāma). Compare Bengali জামা (jama), Punjabi ਜਾਮਾ (jāmā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a daughter
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Dictionary citations
jāmā f. a daughter, MBh. xiii, 2474.
jāmā [jam-adane bā˚ aṇ strītvaṃ] 1 A daughter. 2 A daughter-inlaw.
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