𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgavera)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr), from 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci, “ginger”) + 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr, “root”).

Noun

𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera) (Devanagari सिंगिवेर)

1. ginger

Descendants

• → Middle Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (sngypyl /⁠singapēr ~ sangipēl⁠/)
    • Persian: شنگویر (šangevir), شنگویل (šangevil), شنگبیر (šangebir), شنگبیل (šangebil)
  • 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”)
  • → Burushaski: شِݣݸر, śiŋór (“ginger”)
• → Sinhalese: ඉඟුරු (iⁿguru, “ginger”)

Further reading

• Ross, Alan Strode Campbell (1952) Ginger, a loan-word study, B. Blackwell
• “Ginger”, in Polyglot Vegetarian, 2008 November 1