# jambu
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

jambu (plural jambus)
* Alternative form of jambul

### Etymology 2

Semantic extension from Malay jambu, which originated from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, “a fruit or a blood pear”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Singapore) IPA: /ˈdʒʌmbʊ/

#### Adjective

jambu (comparative more jambu, superlative most jambu)
* (Singapore, colloquial, informal) Cute, adorable or beautiful.
** 2000 2 December, m0bius, soc.culture.singapore
    You discover that she has SISTERS, who are also very jambu.
** 2007 August 27, http://her-whimsical-escapade.blogspot.sg:She has this healthy glow, almost like she's golden skinned, but oh so jambu lah!
** 2008 26 July, CR[7], Singapore Bikes Forum
    got this mat saleh soooo jambu.
** 2011 April 9, Salmah, DACE Oct 2010:Add me pls . There are only 5 Salmah Samions ! The most jambu looking profile is me lah !
** 2014 October 16, https://web.archive.org/web/20160910012100/https://faithinloveandyou.wordpress.com/:I also wanna look jambu also what on that 2-day event.
** 2014 December 6, theatelierweddings, Instagram:My very jambu Shahida for her engagement today. I have a thing for braces girls.
** 2015 August 1, figo16, Singapore Hardware Zone Forum:don't sabo that minah jambu lah.
** 2015 December 21, Farhan, All Singapore Stuff:A reader has shared with us a Facebook post by jambu ICA officer Adilla Ramli. She gives her view on the recent ICA jams.

##### Usage notes

Used to describe women. Does not have any sexual innuendo. Commonly found in speech and electronic media. Uncommon in newspapers and print materials.

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* djamboe (1901–1947)
* djambu (1947–1972)

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒambu/ [ˈd͡ʒam.bu]
* Rhymes: -ambu
* Syllabification: jam‧bu

### Etymology 1

From Malay jambu, from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, “rose apple”).

#### Noun

jambu (plural jambu-jambu)
* rose apple (any of various Syzygium species)
* (loosely) guava (Psidium guajava)
    Synonyms: jambu batu, jambu biji

##### Hyponyms

* jambu air (“water apple, Syzygium aqueum”)
* jambu air mawar (“Malabar plum, Syzygium jambos”)
* jambu batu (“guava, Psidium guajava”)
* jambu biji (“guava, Psidium guajava”)
* jambu bol (“Malay apple, Syzygium malaccense”)
* jambu bol mini (“Bellucia axinanthera”)
* jambu ceri (“cherry guava, Psidium cattleyanum”)
* jambu dersana (“Malay apple, Syzygium malaccense”)
* jambu jamblang (“Java plum, Syzygium cumini”)
* jambu keling (“Java plum, Syzygium cumini”)
* jambu kepal (“Malay apple, Syzygium malaccense”)
* jambu madu deli hijau (“Java apple, Syzygium samarangense”)
* jambu madu hijau (“Java apple, Syzygium samarangense”)
* jambu mawar (“Malabar plum, Syzygium jambos”)
* jambu mete (“cashew, Anacardium occidentale”)
* jambu monyet (“cashew, Anacardium occidentale”)
* jambu semarang (“Java apple, Syzygium samarangense”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

jambu (plural jambu-jambu)
* Alternative form of jambul

### Further reading

* “jambu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

jambu
* Romanization of ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

jámbu
* instrumental singular of jámbas (“iamb”)

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu, “rose apple”) via Old Javanese. Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (jambu), Chinese 染霧／染雾.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈd͡ʒam.bu]
* Hyphenation: jam‧bu

### Noun

jambu (Jawi spelling جمبو, plural jambu-jambu, informal 1st possessive jambuku, 2nd possessive jambumu, 3rd possessive jambunya)
* Generic term for any plant bearing pear-like or bulging fruit from the Myrtaceae family, especially in the Syzygium genus or otherwise.
* wax apple or rose apple (Sygyzium samarangense)
    Synonyms: jambu air mawar, jambu mawar
* Malay apple (Sygyzium malaccense).
    Synonyms: jambu bol, jambu bubul, jambu dersana, jambu keling, jambu tersana

#### Compounds

* jambu air
* jambu air mawar
* jambu batu
* jambu biji
* jambu bol
* jambu bubul
* jambu dersana
* jambu golok
* jambu keling
* jambu madu
* jambu mawar
* jambu monyet
* jambu padang
* jambu susu
* jambu tersana
* jambulang
* merah jambu

### Adjective

jambu
* (colloquial, informal) cute, adorable or beautiful.

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: jambu

### References

* Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 83
* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “جمبو djamboe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 103
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “جمبو jambu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “jambu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 441

### Further reading

* “jambu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

From Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu), जम्बू (jambū).

### Noun

jambu
* rose apple tree and its fruit
** Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, 145.5:
    Hana ta jambu si Sudarśana ṅaranya, tumuwuh karnah kidul.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* jambū
* 𑀚𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* जम्बु (Devanagari script)
* জম্বু (Bengali script)
* ජම‍්බු (Sinhalese script)
* ဇမ္ဗု or ၹမ္ၿု or ၹမ်ၿု (Burmese script)
* ชมฺพุ or ชัมพุ (Thai script)
* ᨩᨾᩛᩩ (Tai Tham script)
* ຊມ຺ພຸ or ຊັມພຸ (Lao script)
* ជម្ពុ (Khmer script)
* 𑄎𑄟𑄴𑄝𑄪 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu).

### Noun

jambu f
* the rose apple tree

#### Declension
### Noun

jambu
* vocative singular of jambū, alternative form of the word above

### Noun

jambu n
* rose apple (the fruit)

#### Declension
### References

* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “jambu”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
* Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjam.bu/
* Rhymes: -ambu
* Syllabification: jam‧bu

### Noun

jambu
* genitive singular of jamb

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi inhambu.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʒɐ̃ˈbu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʒɐ̃ˈbu/

### Noun

jambu m (plural jambus)
* (Brazil) paracress (Acmella oleracea)
** 2024 August 8, Venceslau Borlina Filho, “3 dias em Belém: veja roteiro para desbravar a capital do Pará, sede da COP30”, in Folha de S.Paulo‎:Não deixe de comer um filé de filhote, peixe típico amazônico. Também são servidos pirarucu, dourada e pescada, entre outros. Quase tudo com jambu e tucupi.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### See also

* tacacá

### Further reading

* “jambu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “jambu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* Acmella oleracea on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{pt}$

## Yakan
### Noun

jambu
* tassel
* fringe