زنجبیل

See also: زنجبيل

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian زنجبیل (zanjabil), زنجفیل (zanjafil).

Noun

زنجبیل • (zencebil, zencefil)

  1. ginger

Descendants

  • Turkish: zencefil
  • Albanian: xhenxhefil
  • Armenian: զենճեֆիլ (zenčefil)
  • Bulgarian: джинджифи́л (džindžifíl)
  • Georgian: ჯანჯაფილი (ǯanǯapili)

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl). Doublet of شنگویر (šangevir, ginger, now archaic).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zän.d͡ʒä.bíːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [zän.d͡ʒä.bíːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [zän.d͡ʒä.bíl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? zanjaḇīl
Dari reading? zanjabīl
Iranian reading? zanjebil
Tajik reading? zanjabil

Noun

Dari زنجبیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik занҷабил

زنجبیل • (zanjebil)

  1. ginger

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زنجبیل (zanjabīl), from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl).

Noun

زنجبیل • (zanjabīl) f (Hindi spelling ज़ंजबील)

  1. ginger
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