ܙܢܓܒܝܠ
Classical Syriac
ܙܢܓܒܝܠ
Alternative forms
- ܙܢܓܒܝܪ (zangəḇīr), ܙܝܢܓܒܝܪ (zingəbīr), ܙܢܓܒܠܐ (zVngəbVlā), ܙܢܓܝܒܪ (zVngīḇīr), ܙܝܢܓܒܪ (zingəbīr)
Etymology
Via an unattested Middle Iranian from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zanɡ(ə)vil]
Noun
ܙܢܓܒܝܠ • (zangəḇīl) m
- ginger
- Synonym: ܚܡܣܐ
Descendants
- → Arabic: زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl), زَنْجَفِيل (zanjafīl), زَنْجَبِير (zanjabīr)
- → Amharic: ዝንጅብል (zənǧəbəl), ዝንጅበል (zənǧəbäl), ዝንጅብር (zənǧəbər), ዝንጅበር (zənǧəbär)
- → Gurage:
- Kistane: ጃንጅብል (ǧanǧəbəl)
- Silt'e: ጃንጅብል (ǧanǧəbəl)
- Wolane: ዝንጅብል (zənǧəbəl)
- → Hebrew: זַנְגְּבִיל (zangəḇī́l) (if not from Aramaic)
- → Persian: زنجبیل (zanjabil), زنجفیل (zanjafil)
- → Armenian: զանջաֆիլ (zanǰafil)
- → Azerbaijani: zəncəfil
- → Lezgi: сенжефил (senžefil)
- → Kazakh: жанжабіл (janjabıl), занзабіл (zanzabıl)
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: zencefîl
- → Central Kurdish: زهنجهفیل (zencefîl)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زنجبیل (zencebil, zencefil), زنجفیل (zencefil)
- Turkish: zencefil
- → Albanian: xhenxhefil
- → Armenian: զենճեֆիլ (zenčefil)
- → Bulgarian: джинджифи́л (džindžifíl)
- → Georgian: ჯანჯაფილი (ǯanǯapili)
- → Turkmen: zenjebil
- → Urdu: زنجبیل (zanjabīl)
- → Uyghur: زەنجىۋىل (zenjiwil)
- → Uzbek: zanjabil
- → Swahili: tangawizi
- → Bondei: sangaizi
- → Kamba: tangaisi
- → Taita: sangaizi
- → Tigre: ዝንጅብል (zənǧəbəl)
- → Tigrinya: ጅንጅብል (ǧənǧəbəl)
References
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 175
- “zngbyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 138–139
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 388a