tangawizi

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Swahili[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Omani Arabic تَنْجْوِيل (tangwīl), from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

tangawizi (n class, plural tangawizi)

  1. ginger (rhizome used as a spice)
  2. ginger drink

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎[1], volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Ginger’, Sw tangawizi. From OAr, donor dialect probably *tangwīz; tangwī́l (N: 21) is close, and the word is absent from Reinhardt (1894). The form zangabil (M: 291) is evidently a recent borrowing from StAr zanjabil.”
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