ܙܢܓܒܝܠ
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Classical Syriac[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Via an unattested Middle Iranian from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ܙܢܓܒܝܠ • (zangəḇīl) m
Descendants[edit]
- → Arabic: زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl), زَنْجَفِيل (zanjafīl), زَنْجَبِير (zanjabīr)
- → Amharic: ዝንጅብል (zənǧəbəl), ዝንጅበል (zənǧəbäl), ዝንጅብር (zənǧəbər), ዝንጅበር (zənǧəbär)
- → Gurage:
- → Hebrew: זַנְגְּבִיל (zangəḇī́l) (if not from Aramaic)
- → Persian: زنجبیل (zanjabil), زنجفیل (zanjafil)
- → Armenian: զանջաֆիլ (zanǰafil)
- → Azerbaijani: zəncəfil
- → Chagatai: زنجبیل
- → 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
- → 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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