gulab jamun

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani گلاب جامن / गुलाब जामुन (gulāb jāmun), from गुलाब (gulāb, “rosewater”), in turn from Classical Persian گُلَاب (gulāb), from گُل (gul, “rose”) + آب (āb, “water”), and जामुन (jāmun, “jambul”).

Noun

gulab jamun (countable and uncountable, plural gulab jamuns)

1. A South Asian dessert made from milk solids that are deep-fried and soaked in syrup.
   • 2023, Chetna Maroo, Western Lane, Picador, page 3:

     From where I was sitting I could see the gulab jamun Aunt Ranjan had prepared early that same morning. The dark-golden balls of sponge were already soaked in sugar syrup and piled generously in a glass bowl at the end of the counter.

Translations

South Asian dessert

• Arabic: غُلَابْ جَامُن m (ḡulāb jāmun)

  Hijazi Arabic: قُلاب جامُن m (gulāb jāmun)

• Bengali: গোলাপজাম (bn) (gōlapojam)
• Burmese: မလိုင်လုံး (ma.luinglum:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 玫瑰奶球 (méiguī nǎi qiú)

• Dhivehi: ގުލާބް ޖާމުން (gulāb jāmun̊)
• Gujarati: ગુલાબ જાંબુ (gulāb jā̃bu)
• Hindi: गुलाब जामुन (gulāb jāmun), गुलाबजामुन (hi) m (gulābjāmun)
• Japanese: グラブジャムン (gurabu jamun)
• Kannada: ಗುಲಾಬ್ ಜಾಮುನ್ (gulāb jāmun)
• Malayalam: ഗുലാബ് ജാമുൻ (gulābŭ jāmuṉ)
• Punjabi: ਗੁਲਾਬ ਜਾਮਨ (gulāb jāman)
• Russian: гула́б джа́мун m (guláb džámun)
• Telugu: గులాబ్ జామున్ (gulāb jāmun)
• Urdu: گلاب جامن (gulāb jāmun)