চামেলি

Meaning: “magnolia” + “Arabian jasmine”

Inherited from Sanskrit *चम्पवेल्लि (*campavelli), from चम्प (campa, “magnolia”) + वेल्लि (velli, “Arabian jasmine”). Cognate with Odia ଚାଁମେଲୀ (cā̃meli), Maithili 𑂒𑂧𑂵𑂪𑂲 (camelī), Old Awadhi चंबेली (caṃbelī), Hindustani चमेली (camelī) / چمیلی (camelī), Nepali चमेलि (cameli), Gujarati ચંપેલી (campelī), ચંબેલી (cambelī), ચમેલી (camelī), Punjabi ਚੰਬੇਲੀ (cambelī), Sindhi چَمبايلِي (cambelī). Doublet of চম্পা (compa), চাঁপা (cãpa), বেলি (beli), and মল্লিকা (mollika).