ܙܢܓܒܝܠ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

ܙܢܓܒܝܠ

Alternative forms[edit]

ܙܢܓܒܝܪ (zangəḇīr), ܙܝܢܓܒܝܪ (zingəbīr), ܙܢܓܒܠܐ (zVngəbVlā), ܙܢܓܝܒܪ (zVngīḇīr), ܙܝܢܓܒܪ (zingəbīr)

Etymology[edit]

Via an unattested Middle Iranian from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [zanɡ(ə)vil]

Noun[edit]

ܙܢܓܒܝܠ • (zangəḇīl) m

ginger
Synonym: ܚܡܣܐ

Descendants[edit]

→ 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
  - → Chagatai: زنجبیل
    - Uyghur: زەنجىۋىل (zenjiwil)
    - Uzbek: zanjabil
  - → Kazakh: жанжабіл (janjabıl), занзабіл (zanzabıl)
  - Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: zencefîl
    → Central Kurdish: زه‌نجه‌فیل (zencefîl)
  - → Lezgi: сенжефил (senžefil)
  - → 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)
- → Swahili: tangawizi
  - → Bondei: sangaizi
  - → Kamba: tangaisi
  - → Taita: sangaizi
- → Tigre: ዝንጅብል (zənǧəbəl)
- → Tigrinya: ጅንጅብል (ǧənǧəbəl)

References[edit]

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^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 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

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