Cubeb in Hindi — Meaning of कबाबचीनी

📖 Meaning of “cubeb”

The meaning of “cubeb” in Hindi is कबाबचीनी — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

📘 Definition of cubeb

cubeb

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

A plant native to Srivijaya, apparently a calque of Javanese kumukus (“cubeb; smoke”), from kukus (“smoke, steam”), based on Hindi कबाब (kabāb, “roast meat, kebab”), or this calque happened first in Arabic كَبَابَة (kabāba), which has also a convincing derivation from كِبَّة (kibba, “globule; meatball”); then likely acquired in Hindustani via Classical Persian کَبَابَهٔ چِینِی (kabāba-yi čīnī), کَبَابِ چِینِی (kabāb-i čīnī, “cubeb”) from it.

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Word (English)

Cubeb

Meaning in Hindi

कबाबचीनी

Part of speech

Noun

Category

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Word Origin (Etymology)

A plant native to Srivijaya, apparently a calque of Javanese kumukus (“cubeb; smoke”), from kukus (“smoke, steam”), based on Hindi कबाब (kabāb, “roast meat, kebab”), or this calque happened first in Arabic كَبَابَة (kabāba), which has also a convincing derivation from كِبَّة (kibba, “globule; meatball”); then likely acquired in Hindustani via Classical Persian کَبَابَهٔ چِینِی (kabāba-yi čīnī), کَبَابِ چِینِی (kabāb-i čīnī, “cubeb”) from it.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Hindi meaning of "cubeb" is कबाबचीनी.

In Devanagari script it is written as कबाबचीनी.

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