ζιγγίβερις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci)
    Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr)
    Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor.
    Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der.
    Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)

    Via unattested Middle Iranian from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), which see for comparisons.[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ζιγγίβερῐς • (zingíberĭs) f (genitive ζιγγῐβέρεως); third declension

    1. ginger
      • Diosc. 2.190

    Inflection

    Third declension of ἡ ζιγγίβερῐς; τῆς ζιγγιβέρεως (Attic)
    Case / # Singular
    Nominative ἡ ζιγγίβερῐς
    hē zingíberĭs
    Genitive τῆς ζιγγιβέρεως
    tês zingibéreōs
    Dative τῇ ζιγγιβέρει
    tēî zingibérei
    Accusative τὴν ζιγγίβερῐν
    tḕn zingíberĭn
    Vocative ζιγγίβερῐ
    zingíberĭ
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Descendants

    • Greek: ζιγγίβερη f (zingíveri), ζιγγίβερι n (zingíveri), ζίγγιβερ n (zíngiver), ζινζίβεριν n (zinzíverin), ζιντζίβερ n (zintzíver), ζιτζίβερ n (zitzíver), ζιτζίβερι n (zitzíveri), ζιτζίβερις f (zitzíveris)
    • → Latin: zingiberi (see there for further descendants)
    • → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: זַנְגְּבִילָא (zingivila)
      • → Hebrew: גִּנְבָּר (ginbār)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζιγγίβερις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 501

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