zingiberi
Latin
Alternative forms
- zimpiberī
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit सिङ्गबेर (siṅgabera), from Sanskrit शृङ्गवेर (śṛṅgavera) (influenced by शृङ्ग (śṛṅgá, “horn”)), from Old Tamil [script needed] (iṅci, “ginger”) + [script needed] (vēr, “root”) (modern Tamil இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) + வேர் (vēr, “root”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /zinˈɡi.be.riː/, [zɪŋˈɡɪ.bɛ.riː]
Noun
zingiberī n (indeclinable)
- ginger
Inflection
Indeclinable
Synonyms
- zingiber
Descendants
- Asturian: xenxibre
- Catalan: gingebre
- Dutch: gember
- English: ginger
- French: gingembre
- Friulian: zenzar
- Galician: xenxibre
- German: Ingwer
- Hungarian: gyömbér
- Italian: zenzero
- Norman: gengivre
- Occitan: gengibre
- Portuguese: gengibre
- Romanian: ghimber
- Sicilian: gènciru, zenzeru
- Spanish: jengibre
- Venetian: xènxaro
References
- zingiberi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zingiberi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette