Jasmine

[jaz-min, jas-]

noun

a female given name.

Also Jas·min, Jas·mi·na

[jaz-muh-nuh, jas-] /ˈdʒæz mə nə, ˈdʒæs-/.

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Examples from the Web for jasmin

Contemporary Examples of jasmin

One of us – Jasmin – is a home care worker in the Cleveland area.
Care Providers Fight for $15 and a Union
Jasmin Almodovar, Shirley Thompson
December 5, 2014
Jasmin helps her transfer in and out of her wheelchair, get dressed, and bathe.
Care Providers Fight for $15 and a Union
Jasmin Almodovar, Shirley Thompson
December 5, 2014

Historical Examples of jasmin

The air was languorous with the scent of jasmin and orange-blossoms.
Cabbages and Kings
O. Henry
Tonio whistled for Jasmin, but he was nowhere to be found, so they started without him.
The Mexican Twins
Lucy Fitch Perkins
Jasmin came frisking up to Tonio and jumped about him and licked his hand.
The Mexican Twins
Lucy Fitch Perkins
Tonio pointed her out to Jasmin and he sent her up the fig tree in a hurry.
The Mexican Twins
Lucy Fitch Perkins
He took his lasso down from the wall and went out again with Jasmin.
The Mexican Twins
Lucy Fitch Perkins

British Dictionary definitions for jasmin

jasmine

noun

Also called: jessamine any oleaceous shrub or climbing plant of the tropical and subtropical genus Jasminum, esp J. officinalis: widely cultivated for their white, yellow, or red fragrant flowers, which are used in making perfume and in flavouring teaSee also winter jasmine
any of several other fragrant shrubs with fragrant flowers, such as the Cape jasmine, yellow jasmine, and frangipani (red jasmine)
a light to moderate yellow colour

Word Origin for jasmine

C16: from Old French jasmin, from Arabic yāsamīn, from Persian yāsmīn

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Word Origin and History for jasmin

jasmine

1570s, from French jasmin (Middle French jessemin), from Arabic yas(a)min, from Persian yasmin (cf. Greek iasme, iasmelaion, name of a Persian perfume). The plant first was grown in England 16c.