ginseng

See also: Ginseng

Translingual

Noun

ginseng

1. ginseng; used as a specific epithet

Derived terms

• Panax ginseng (syn. Aralia ginseng)

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English

(American) ginseng

ginseng roots

Alternative forms

• genseng, jinseng, jin-seng (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 人參 (rénshēn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪnsɛŋ/, /ˈdʒɪnsɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Noun

ginseng (countable and uncountable, plural ginsengs)

1. Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal properties.
2. The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.
   • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover 1964, page 56-7:

     When the Afghan princes find it necessary to employ Chob-Chini, (the Jin-seng, or China root so celebrated as a purifier, tonic, and aphrodisiac) they choose the spring season.

   • 2013 March 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, page 134:

     Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

Translations

any of several plants, of the genus Panax

• Arabic: جِينْسِنْغ‎ m (jinsinḡ)
• Armenian: ժենշեն (hy) (ženšen)
• Azerbaijani: jenşen
• Belarusian: жэньшэ́нь m (ženʹšénʹ)
• Bulgarian: женшен m (ženšen)
• Burmese: ဂျင်ဆင် (gyanghcang)
• Catalan: ginseng m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人蔘 (zh)/人參 (zh), 人参 (zh) (rénshēn)

  Min Nan: 人蔘 (jîn-sam, jîn-sim, jîn-som, lîn-sam)

• Danish: ginseng c
• Dutch: ginseng (nl) m
• Esperanto: ginsengo
• Finnish: ginseng (fi)
• Georgian: ჯინსენგი (ǯinsengi)
• German: Ginseng (de) m
• Hawaiian: ianakama
• Hebrew: ג׳ינסנג‎ m (jinseng)
• Hindi: जिनसेंग (jinseṅg)
• Hungarian: ginzeng (hu)
• Icelandic: ginseng n
• Indonesian: ginséng, insam, kolesom (id)
• Japanese: チョウセンニンジン (chōsen ninjin), 高麗人参 (コウライニンジン, kōrai ninjin), 御種人参 (オタネニンジン, otane ninjin)
• Kazakh: тіршілік тамыры (tirşilik tamırı), женшен (jenşen), женьшень (jenʹşenʹ)

• Korean: 인삼 (ko) (insam) (人蔘 (ko))
• Lao: ໂສມ (sōm)
• Latvian: žeņšeņs m
• Lithuanian: kraikūnis m, ženšenis m
• Malay: ginseng
• Manchu: ᠣᡵᡥᠣᡩᠠ (orhoda)
• Persian: جینسنگ‎ (jinseng)
• Polish: żeń-szeń (pl) m, wszechlek m
• Portuguese: ginseng (pt) m
• Romanian: ginseng (ro) m
• Russian: женьше́нь (ru) m (ženʹšénʹ), жэньшэ́нь m (žɛnʹšɛ́nʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: женшен m

  Roman: ženšen (sh) m

• Spanish: ginseng m
• Swedish: ginseng c
• Tagalog: dyinseng
• Thai: โสม (sǒom)
• Turkish: ginseng (tr)
• Turkmen: ženşen
• Ukrainian: женьше́нь m (ženʹšénʹ)
• Uyghur: ئادەمگىياھ‎ (ademgiyah)
• Vietnamese: nhân sâm (vi) (人蔘)

root of such a plant, or the extract

• Arabic: جِينْسِنْغ‎ m (jinsinḡ)
• Armenian: ժենշեն (hy) (ženšen)
• Catalan: ginseng m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人蔘根/人參根, 人参根 (rénshēn gēn)

• Danish: ginseng c, ginsengrod c
• Dutch: ginseng (nl) m
• Finnish: ginseng (fi), ginsengjuuri (fi)
• German: Ginseng (de) m
• Hungarian: ginzeng (hu)

• Japanese: チョウセンニンジン (chōsen ninjin), 高麗人参 (コウライニンジン, kōrai ninjin)
• Korean: 인삼 (ko) (insam) (人蔘 (ko))
• Lithuanian: kraikūnis m
• Persian: جینسنگ‎ (jinseng)
• Polish: żeń-szeń (pl) m
• Portuguese: ginseng (pt) m
• Russian: женьше́нь (ru) m (ženʹšénʹ), жэньшэ́нь m (žɛnʹšɛ́nʹ)
• Spanish: ginseng m
• Uyghur: ئادەمگىياھ‎ (ademgiyah)
• Vietnamese: nhân sâm (vi) (人蔘)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ginseng m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Ginseng (de) m
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ג'ינסנג‎ m
• Icelandic: ginseng n
• Korean: 인삼 (人蔘, insam), 인삼속 (insamsok)
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} ženšenis ?

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} ginseng m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} ginsenger c
• Thai: โสม (sŏhm)
• Turkish: ginseng
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} nhân sâm (vi)

References

• ginseng on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Panax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Panax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Gensing

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French

Etymology

From Mandarin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒin.sɛŋ/, /ʒin.sɑ̃ɡ/, /ʒɛ̃.sɑ̃/

Noun

ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)

1. ginseng (plant)

Further reading

• “ginseng” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Portuguese

Noun

ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)

1. ginseng (any of several plants of the genus Panax)
2. ginseng (root or extract of the ginseng plant)