gingebre

Catalan

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)bor.

Latin zingiberi

Late Latin gingiber

Old Catalan gingebre

Catalan gingebre

Inherited from Old Catalan gingebre, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ʒiɲˈʒe̞.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒiɲˈʒe.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʒiɲˈʒe.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒiɲˈd͡ʒe.bɾe]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ʒiɲˈʒe.βɾe]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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  Note: this pronunciation may be nonstandard or incorrect: sounds like *ginebre

Noun

gingebre m (plural gingebres)

1. ginger

Further reading

• “gingebre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

• gingibre, gengibre, gengebre

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)bor.

Latin zingiberi

Late Latin gingiber

Old Catalan gingebre

Inherited from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī.

Noun

gingebre m

1. ginger

Descendants

• Catalan: gingebre

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “gingebre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)