Where does “junglă” come from?

junglă (Romanian) comes from French jungle, from English jungle, from Urdu جنگل, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮, from Sanskrit जङ्गल — arid, sterile, desert; any arid or sterile...

junglă (Romanian): jungle

Definitions

  1. jungle

Ancestry of “junglă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjunglejungle large humid forest
2EnglishjungleA large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in...
3Urduجنگلjungle, forest, wilderness
4Sauraseni Prakrit𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮—
5Sanskritजङ्गलarid, sterile, desert; any arid or sterile...
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