शृङ्गवेर

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• শৃঙ্গৱেৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬺᬗ᭄ᬕᬯᬾᬭ (Balinese script)
• শৃঙ্গবের (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰴𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰪𑰸𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀾𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀯𑁂𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ၐၖင်္ဂဝေရ (Burmese script)
• શૃઙ્ગવેર (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਰਙ੍ਗਵੇਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍃𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌵𑍇𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦽꦔ꧀ꦒꦮꦺꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑃂𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂫𑂵𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೃಙ್ಗವೇರ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្ឫង្គវេរ (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ຣິງ຺ຄເວຣ (Lao script)
• ശൃങ്ഗവേര (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡵᡳᢛᡤᠠᠸᡝᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘵𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘪𑘹𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠷᠢᢊᠺᠠᠸᠧᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧖𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧊𑧚𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐺𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐰𑐾𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଶୃଙ୍ଗଵେର (Odia script)
• ꢯꢺꢖ꣄ꢔꢮꢾꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆸𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆮𑆼𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖴𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖪𑖸𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ශෘඞ‍්ගවෙර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩙𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩾𑩔𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚦𑚲𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஶ்ரிங்க³வேர (Tamil script)
• శృఙ్గవేర (Telugu script)
• ศฺฤงฺคเวร (Thai script)
• ཤྲྀ་ངྒ་ཝེ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒵𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒫𑒹𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨼𑨉𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨭𑨄𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), with influence of शृङ्ग (śṛṅga, “horn”), derived from Dravidian. Compare Tamil இஞ்சிவேர் (iñcivēr), from இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) + வேர் (vēr, “root”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕr̩ŋ.ɡɐ.ʋɐj.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕr̩ŋ.ɡɐˈʋeː.ɾɐ/

Noun

शृङ्गवेर • (śṛṅgavera) stem, m

1. ginger

Further reading

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शृङ्गम्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]