زرنباد

زرنباد

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian زرنباد‎ (zurunbâd). Cognate to Classical Syriac ܙܪܘܒܕ‎.

Noun

زُرُنْبَاد or زَرُنْبَاد • (zurunbād or zarunbād) m

1. shampoo ginger, zerumbet (Zingiber zerumbet)
2. (proscribed) zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria)

   Synonym: جَدْوَار‎ (jadwār)

Declension

Declension of noun زُرُنْبَاد (zurunbād)‎; زَرُنْبَاد (zarunbād)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُرُنْبَاد‎; زَرُنْبَاد zurunbād‎; zarunbād	الزُّرُنْبَاد‎‎; الزَّرُنْبَاد‎ az-zurunbād‎; az-zarunbād	زُرُنْبَاد‎; زَرُنْبَاد zurunbād‎; zarunbād
Nominative	زُرُنْبَادٌ‎; زَرُنْبَادٌ zurunbādun‎; zarunbādun	الزُّرُنْبَادُ‎‎; الزَّرُنْبَادُ‎ az-zurunbādu‎; az-zarunbādu	زُرُنْبَادُ‎; زَرُنْبَادُ zurunbādu‎; zarunbādu
Accusative	زُرُنْبَادًا‎‎; زَرُنْبَادًا‎ zurunbādan‎; zarunbādan	الزُّرُنْبَادَ‎‎; الزَّرُنْبَادَ‎ az-zurunbāda‎; az-zarunbāda	زُرُنْبَادَ‎; زَرُنْبَادَ zurunbāda‎; zarunbāda
Genitive	زُرُنْبَادٍ‎; زَرُنْبَادٍ zurunbādin‎; zarunbādin	الزُّرُنْبَادِ‎‎; الزَّرُنْبَادِ‎ az-zurunbādi‎; az-zarunbādi	زُرُنْبَادِ‎; زَرُنْبَادِ zurunbādi‎; zarunbādi

Descendants

• → Byzantine Greek: ζουρουμπέδ (zouroumpéd), ζηρωμπᾶ (zērōmpâ)
• → Medieval Latin: zurumbet, zurumbeth, zarumbet, zerumbet
  • → French: zérumbet
  • → English: zerumbet

References

• Langkavel, Bernhard (1866) Botanik der späteren Griechen vom dritten bis dreizehnten Jahrhunderte (in German), Berlin: F. Berggold, page 102

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Persian

Etymology

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Noun

زرنباد • (zoronbâd)

1. zerumbet (Zingiber zerumbet)

Descendants

• → Arabic: زُرُنْبَاد‎ (zurunbād)
  • → Byzantine Greek: ζουρουμπέδ (zouroumpéd), ζηρωμπᾶ (zērōmpâ)
  • → Medieval Latin: zurumbet, zurumbeth, zarumbet, zerumbet
    • → French: zérumbet
    • → English: zerumbet