zencefil

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl).

Noun

zencefil

1. ginger

Declension

Declension of zencefil

	singular	plural
nominative	zencefil	zencefiller
genitive	zencefilniñ	zencefillerniñ
dative	zencefilge	zencefillerge
accusative	zencefilni	zencefillerni
locative	zencefilde	zencefillerde
ablative	zencefilden	zencefillerden

References

• “zencefil”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زنجفیل (zencefil) or زنجبیل (zencebil), from Persian زنجبیل (zanjabil, zanjebil).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zen.d͡ʒeˈfil/
• Hyphenation: zen‧ce‧fil

Noun

zencefil (definite accusative zencefili, plural zencefiller)

1. ginger (the plant Zingiber officinale)
2. ginger (rhizomes of this plant, or the ground powder used as spice acquired from the rhizomes)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	zencefil
Definite accusative	zencefili
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zencefil	zencefiller
Definite accusative	zencefili	zencefilleri
Dative	zencefile	zencefillere
Locative	zencefilde	zencefillerde
Ablative	zencefilden	zencefillerden
Genitive	zencefilin	zencefillerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular zencefilim zencefillerim 2nd singular zencefilin zencefillerin 3rd singular zencefili zencefilleri 1st plural zencefilimiz zencefillerimiz 2nd plural zencefiliniz zencefilleriniz 3rd plural zencefilleri zencefilleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular zencefilimi zencefillerimi 2nd singular zencefilini zencefillerini 3rd singular zencefilini zencefillerini 1st plural zencefilimizi zencefillerimizi 2nd plural zencefilinizi zencefillerinizi 3rd plural zencefillerini zencefillerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular zencefilime zencefillerime 2nd singular zencefiline zencefillerine 3rd singular zencefiline zencefillerine 1st plural zencefilimize zencefillerimize 2nd plural zencefilinize zencefillerinize 3rd plural zencefillerine zencefillerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular zencefilimde zencefillerimde 2nd singular zencefilinde zencefillerinde 3rd singular zencefilinde zencefillerinde 1st plural zencefilimizde zencefillerimizde 2nd plural zencefilinizde zencefillerinizde 3rd plural zencefillerinde zencefillerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular zencefilimden zencefillerimden 2nd singular zencefilinden zencefillerinden 3rd singular zencefilinden zencefillerinden 1st plural zencefilimizden zencefillerimizden 2nd plural zencefilinizden zencefillerinizden 3rd plural zencefillerinden zencefillerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular zencefilimin zencefillerimin 2nd singular zencefilinin zencefillerinin 3rd singular zencefilinin zencefillerinin 1st plural zencefilimizin zencefillerimizin 2nd plural zencefilinizin zencefillerinizin 3rd plural zencefillerinin zencefillerinin

Derived terms

• zencefilgiller

 

Further reading

• “zencefil”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zencefil”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5454