Where does “jungle” come from?
Jungle comes from Sanskrit जङ्गल, which originally referred to uncultivated or waste land before developing its modern sense of dense tropical forest.
jungle (English): A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in...
Definitions
- A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in...
Ancestry of “jungle”, step by step
jungle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Urdu جنگل
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urdu | جنگل | jungle, forest, wilderness |
| 2 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जङ्गल | arid, sterile, desert; any arid or sterile... |
via Hindi जंगल
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | जंगल | forest, woods |