جامه

See also: جامہ and چامه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جامه (jâme).

Noun

جامه • (came)

1. a cloth, any woven material; a length of cloth
2. a sheet
3. a wrapper, or a wrap
4. a garment, raiment
5. a cup, bowl, goblet

Related terms

• پاجامه (pacame)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جامه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 637

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian yʾmk' (jāmag), from Proto-Iranian *yām- (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámas, *yam- (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *yém-o-s, from *yem- (“to hold”), see also Sanskrit यम् (yam, “to sustain”). Compare Old Armenian վարշամակ (varšamak).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ˈma]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.mǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.mǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.mǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː.mǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː.mé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ.mǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	jāma
Dari reading?	jāma
Iranian reading?	jâme
Tajik reading?	joma

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Noun

Dari	جامه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷома

جامه • (jâme) (plural جامه‌ها (jâme-hâ))

1. a garment, robe, vest, gown, coat

Derived terms

• پایجامه (pāyjāme)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: camə
• → Bengali: জামা (jama)
• → Chagatai: جامه
  • Uzbek: joma
• → English: jam (“child's frock”)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: जामा (jāmā)

  Urdu: جامہ (jāma)

• → Ottoman Turkish: جامه (came)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜਾਮਾ (jāmā)

  Shahmukhi script: جامہ (jāma)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جامه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ǰāmag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press