Etymograph

English

jamdani

Jamdani comes from Bengali জামদানী ‘a fabric of fine cotton muslin of Bengali…’, and goes back to Classical Persian جامدانی.

  1. Classical Persianc. 900–presentجامدانیjāmdānī
  2. Bengalimodernজামদানীjamdani‘a fabric of fine cotton muslin of Bengali origin, with coloured stripes and patterns’
  3. Englishtodayjamdani

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Classical Persianc. 900–presentجامدانیjāmdānī
  2. Bengalimodernজামদানীjamdani‘a fabric of fine cotton muslin of Bengali origin, with coloured stripes and patterns’
  3. Englishtodayjamdani

Today it means

noun A fabric of fine cotton muslin of Bengali origin, with coloured stripes and patterns.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Classical Persian جامدانی / jamdani