𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgavera)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr), from 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci, “ginger”) + 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr, “root”).
Descendants
- → Middle Iranian:
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (sngypyl /singapēr ~ sangipēl/)
- Persian: شنگویر (šangevir), شنگویل (šangevil), شنگبیر (šangebir), شنگبیل (šangebil)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (snkrpyl)
- → Aramaic: זַנְגְּבִילָא (zangəḇīlā) (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: սնգրուեղ (sngrueł)
- Armenian: սնգրվեղ (sngrveġ)
- → Ancient Greek: ζιγγίβερῐς (zingíberis) (see there for further descendants)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (sngypyl /singapēr ~ sangipēl/)
- → Dhivehi: އިނގިރި (iⁿgiri, “ginger”), އިނގުރު (iⁿguru)
- → Pali: siṅgivera
- →⇒ Sanskrit: शृङ्गवेर (śṛṅgavera)
- → Shina: شِنٛگوٰر, śiŋo̍or (“ginger”)
- → Burushaski: شِݣݸر, śiŋór (“ginger”)
- → Sinhalese: ඉඟුරු (iⁿguru, “ginger”)
Further reading
- Ross, Alan Strode Campbell (1952) Ginger, a loan-word study, B. Blackwell
- “Ginger”, in Polyglot Vegetarian, 2008 November 1
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