𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭
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Prakrit[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgavera)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr), from 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci, “ginger”) + 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr, “root”).
Noun[edit]
𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera) (Devanagari सिंगिवेर)
Descendants[edit]
- → Middle Iranian:
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (sngypyl /singapēr ~ sangipēl/)
- 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)
- → Dhivehi: އިނގިރި (iⁿgiri, “ginger”), އިނގުރު (iⁿguru)
- → Pali: siṅgivera
- →⇒ Sanskrit: शृङ्गवेर (śṛṅgavera)
- → Shina: شِنٛگوٰر, śiŋo̍or (“ginger”)
- → Sinhalese: ඉඟුරු (iⁿguru, “ginger”)
Further reading[edit]
- Ross, Alan Strode Campbell (1952) Ginger, a loan-word study, B. Blackwell
- “Ginger”, in Polyglot Vegetarian, 2008 November 1