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

1. ginger

   Synonym: ܚܡܣܐ

Descendants

• → Arabic: زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl), زَنْجَفِيل (zanjafīl), زَنْجَبِير (zanjabīr) — dialectal
  • → 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) (dialectal)
    • → 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

• 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