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jāma[S. यम, or यमल'a pair'), s,m. A garment, robe, gown, vest; a long gown (having from eleven to thirty breadths of cloth in the skirt, which at the upper part is folded into innumerable plaits, and the body part, being double-breasted, is tied in two places on each side):—jāma-ḵẖāna, s.m. A wardrobe, a chest or sack for holding clothes;—jāma-dār, s.m. Keeper of a wardrobe; guard;—jāma-dār-ḵẖāna, s.m.=jāma-ḵẖāna:—jāma-dārī, s.f. Guarding;—s.m.f. The wardrobe-keepers, the guards:—jāma-dānī, s.f. A portmanteau, trunk (=jāmdānī):—jāma-zeb, adj. Adorned with dress; becoming (one's) dress; becoming, conferring grace or beauty;—s.f. A beautiful woman, a beauty:—jāme-se bāhar honā, v.n. To be unable to contain or control oneself (through passion, or emotion); to be in an ungovernable rage:—jāme-meṅphūlāna samānā, To be so distended or swollen (with joy) as to be unable to get on one's clothes; to be transported (with joy):—jāma-wār, adj. Fit to make clothes of; sufficient for a dress, or robe, etc. (=jāma-bhar);—s.m. A flowered sheet or shawl; a kind of chintz.
Origin: Persian