ghimber

Romanian

Alternative forms

• ghimbir

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian gyömbér, from Medieval Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit सिङ्गबेर (siṅgabera), from Sanskrit शृङ्गवेर (śṛṅgavera).

Noun

ghimber m (uncountable)

1. ginger

Declension

declension of ghimber (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ghimber	ghimberul
genitive/dative	(unui) ghimber	ghimberului
vocative	ghimberule

Further reading

• ghimber in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)