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Stage 1 of 3
jāṅgala
Sanskrit · ancient
"rough, arid terrain"
originally described rough, dry, uncultivated land, not forest
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Stage 2 of 3
jangal
Hindi · medieval
"wilderness"
shifted to mean wasteland or wilderness generally
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Stage 3 of 3
jungle
Anglo-Indian English · c. 1770s
"dense tropical forest"
British colonists in India applied it to dense tropical forest
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