As a Hindi name
जाम्बव · jāmbav · s.m.
The fruit of the Jambu tree, the rose-apple ( = jām) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 372
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a Jambū fruit
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Dictionary citations
1. jāmbava m. = ˚ba-vat, R. v; Bhaṭṭ. vii, 35.
2. jāmbava mfn. coming from the Jambū tree, Suśr. i, 45, 10, 18
jāmbava n. N. of a town, Pāṇ. ii, 4, 7, Kāś.
(iv, 3, 165) a Jambū fruit, Suśr. i, iv
(= ˚būnada) gold, L.
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