jasmine

See also: Jasmine

English

A 19th-century watercolour of the wild jasmine (Jasminum laurifolium) from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings, National Museum of Singapore

The winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)

Alternative forms

jassamine, jessamine

Etymology

Borrowed from French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), from Persian (yâsamin), (yâsaman).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

jasmine (countable and uncountable, plural jasmines)

Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
The perfume obtained from these plants.
Any of several not closely related plants having a similar perfume.
A yellow colour.
jasmine:

Derived terms

Translations

plant of genus Jasminum

Albanian: jasemin (sq) m
Arabic: يَاسَمِين (ar) m (yāsamīn)
Armenian: հասմիկ (hy) (hasmik)
Azerbaijani: jasmin (az)
Bengali: ইয়াসমিন (bn) (iẏaśomin)
Burmese: စံပယ် (my) (campai)
Catalan: gessamí m
Chinese:
Hokkien: 茉莉花 (zh-min-nan) (ba̍k-nī-hue), 茉莉 (ba̍k-nī)

Mandarin: 茉莉花 (zh) (mòlìhuā), 茉莉 (zh) (mòlì)
Czech: jasmín (cs) m
Danish: jasmin c
Dutch: jasmijn (nl)
Esperanto: jasmeno
Finnish: jasmiini (fi)
French: jasmin (fr) m
Galician: xasmín m
Georgian: ჟასმინი (žasmini)
German: Jasmin (de) m, Jasminum n
Greek: γιασεμί (el) n (giasemí)
Ancient: ἰάσμη f (iásmē)
Gujarati: જાસ્મીન (jāsmīn), ચંબેલી f (cambelī), જૂઈ (jūī), યાસમીન n (yāsmīn)
Hawaiian: pikake
Hebrew: יַסְמִין (he) m (yasmín)
Hindi: चमेली (hi) f (camelī), चंबेली f (cambelī)
Hungarian: jázmin (hu)
Hunsrik: Schasmin m
Indonesian: melati (id)
Italian: gelsomino (it) m
Japanese: 茉莉 (ja) (まつり, matsuri), ジャスミン (ja) (jasumin), (the flower specifically) 茉莉花 (ja) (まつりか, matsurika)
Kannada: ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ (kn) (mallige)
Kazakh: ақжұпар (aqjūpar), жасаман (jasaman), ақгүл (aqgül)
Khmer: ផ្កាម្លិះ (pkaa mlᵻh)
Korean: 재스민 (jaeseumin), 말리(茉莉) (ko) (malli), 말리화(茉莉花) (mallihwa)
Maori: akakaikiore, akakiore, kaihua, tōtorowene
Naga Pidgin: jasmin phul
Pashto: جیسمین
Persian: یاسمن (fa) (yâsaman)
Polish: jaśmin (pl) m
Portuguese: jasmim (pt) m
Punjabi: ਚੰਬੇਲੀ (cambelī), ਚਮੇਲੀ (camelī)
Romanian: jasmin m, iasomie (ro) f
Russian: жасми́н (ru) m (žasmín)
Sanskrit: कुन्द (sa) m (kunda)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јасмин m

Roman: jasmin (sh) m
Sindhi: جوسمين
Spanish: jazmín (es) f
Swahili: asumini
Tagalog: sampaga, hasmin
Tajik: ёсуман (yosuman)
Telugu: మల్లె (te) (malle)
Thai: มะลิ (th) (má-lí)
Tibetan: བ་སྤུའི་མེ་ཏིག (ba spu'i me tig)
Turkish: yasemin (tr)
Ukrainian: жасми́н m (žasmýn)
Urdu: چنبیلی (ur) f (caṉbelī), چمبیلی f (cambelī), یاسمین f (yasmīn) چمیلی f (camelī)
Uyghur: يەسىمەن (yesimen)
Vietnamese: lài (vi), nhài (vi)
Western Panjabi: کلیاں

perfume

Danish: jasmin c
Finnish: jasmiini (fi)
Greek: γιασεμί (el) n (giasemí)
Italian: gelsomino (it) m
Japanese: ジャスミン (ja) (jasumin)
Portuguese: jasmim (pt) m
Romanian: jasmin m, iasomie (ro) f

plant with similar perfume

colour

Finnish: jasmiini (fi)
Japanese: 薄黄色 (usukiiro)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Acehnese: ^{(please verify)} meulu cut, ^{(please verify)} meulu cina
Arabic: ^{(please verify)} يَسْمِين m (yasmīn)
Balinese: ^{(please verify)} meluh
Banda: ^{(please verify)} menyuru
Bengali: ^{(please verify)} জুঁই (bn) (jũi), ^{(please verify)} বেল (bn) (bel), ^{(please verify)} মালতী (maloti)
Bima: ^{(please verify)} mundu
German: ^{(please verify)} Jasmin (de) m
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} bunga melati
Javanese: ^{(please verify)} melur
Madurese: ^{(please verify)} malete
Manado Malay: ^{(please verify)} manduru
Marathi: ^{(please verify)} चमेली f (camelī)
Persian: ^{(please verify)} یاسمن (fa) (yâsamen), ^{(please verify)} یاس (fa) (yâs), ^{(please verify)} یاسمون (yâsamun), ^{(please verify)} یاسمین (fa) (yâsamin)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} jasmin (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} јасмин m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} јасмин m

Roman: ^{(please verify)} jasmin (sh) m
Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} girsuminu (scn) m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} jazmín (es) m
Sumbawa: ^{(please verify)} mundu
Tajik: ^{(please verify)} ёсамин (yosamin), ^{(please verify)} ёсуман (yosuman)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మల్లె (te) (malle), ^{(please verify)} జాజి (te) (jāji)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} yasemin (tr)
Urdu: ^{(please verify)} یاسمین (yāsmīn), ^{(please verify)} چمیلی (camelī), ^{(please verify)} چنبیلی (ur) (cambelī)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} lài (vi), ^{(please verify)} nhài (vi)

References

jasmine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Jasminum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Jasminum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

Mijanès, jamisen

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