See also: زنجبيل

Ottoman Turkish edit

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Etymology edit

From Persian زنجبیل (zanjabil), زنجفیل (zanjafil).

Noun edit

زنجبیل (zencebil, zencefil)

  1. ginger

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl). Doublet of شنگویر (šangevir, ginger, now archaic).

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Readings
Classical reading? zanjaḇīl
Dari reading? zanjabīl
Iranian reading? zanjebil
Tajik reading? zanjabil

Noun edit

Dari زنجبیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik занҷабил

زنجبیل (zanjebil)

  1. ginger

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian زنجبیل (zanjabīl), from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl).

Noun edit

زنجبیل (zanjabīlf (Hindi spelling ज़ंजबील)

  1. ginger