ζιγγίβερις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci)

Proto-Dravidian *wēr

Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr)

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor.

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der.

Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)

Via unattested Middle Iranian from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), which see for comparisons.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdiŋ.ɡí.be.ris/ → /ziɲˈɟi.βe.ris/ → /ziɲˈɟi.ve.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdiŋ.ɡí.be.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ziŋˈɡi.be.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ziɲˈɟi.βe.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ziɲˈɟi.ve.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ziɲˈɟi.ve.ris/

Noun

ζιγγίβερῐς • (zingíberĭs) f (genitive ζιγγῐβέρεως); third declension

1. ginger
   • Diosc. 2.190

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ζιγγίβερῐς; τῆς ζιγγιβέρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ζιγγίβερῐς hē zingíberĭs
Genitive	τῆς ζιγγιβέρεως tês zingibéreōs
Dative	τῇ ζιγγιβέρει tēî zingibérei
Accusative	τὴν ζιγγίβερῐν tḕn zingíberĭn
Vocative	ζιγγίβερῐ zingíberĭ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ζιγγίβερη f (zingíveri), ζιγγίβερι n (zingíveri), ζίγγιβερ n (zíngiver), ζινζίβεριν n (zinzíverin), ζιντζίβερ n (zintzíver), ζιτζίβερ n (zitzíver), ζιτζίβερι n (zitzíveri), ζιτζίβερις f (zitzíveris)
• → Latin: zingiberi, zimpiberi, zingiber, gingiber, zingeber, gingeber
  • → Translingual: Zingiber, Zingiberales
• → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: זַנְגְּבִילָא (zingivila)
  • → Hebrew: גִּנְבָּר (ginbār)

Further reading

• “ζιγγίβερις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ζιγγίβερις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette