զանջաֆիլ

Armenian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl), in some cases via Ottoman Turkish زنجبیل (zencebil, zencefil).

Pronunciation

Noun

զանջաֆիլ • (zanǰafil) (dialectal)

  1. ginger
    Synonym: կոճապղպեղ (kočapġpeġ)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 19:[1]
      զէնճէֆիլ․ ծինծէրօ
      zēnčēfil; cincērō
      զէնճէֆիլ (zēnčēfil) = zenzero

Declension

Alternative forms

  • զենճեֆիլ (zenčefil), զա̈նջա̈ֆիլ (zänǰäfil), զընճըֆիլ (zənčəfil), զա̈նջա̈փի՛լ (zänǰäpʻíl), զանջափիլ (zanǰapʻil), զենճեբիլ (zenčebil), ջանջափիլ (ǰanǰapʻil)

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 222

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “զէնճէֆիլ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “զանջափիլ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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