زنجبیل
See also: زنجبيل
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- زنجفیل (zencefil)
Etymology
From Persian زنجبیل (zanjabil), زنجفیل (zanjafil).
Noun
زنجبیل • (zencebil, zencefil)
Descendants
- Turkish: zencefil
- → Albanian: xhenxhefil
- → Armenian: զենճեֆիլ (zenčefil)
- → Bulgarian: джинджифи́л (džindžifíl)
Persian
Alternative forms
- زنجفیل (zanjafil) (dialectal)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl). Doublet of شنگویر (šangevir, “ginger”, now archaic).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /zan.d͡ʒa.ˈbiːl/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zän.d͡ʒä.bíːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæn.d͡ʒe.bíːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zän.d͡ʒä.bíl]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | zanjabīl |
| Dari reading? | zanjabīl |
| Iranian reading? | zanjebil |
| Tajik reading? | zanjabil |
Noun
| Dari | زنجبیل |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | занҷабил |
زنجبیل • (zanjebil)
Descendants
- → Armenian: զանջաֆիլ (zanǰafil)
- → Azerbaijani: zəncəfil
- → Chagatai: زنجبیل
- Uyghur: زەنجىۋىل (zenjiwil)
- Uzbek: zanjabil
- → Georgian: ჯანჯაფილი (ǯanǯapili)
- → Kazakh: жанжабіл (janjabıl), занзабіл (zanzabıl)
- → Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: zencefîl
- Central Kurdish: زهنجهفیل (zencefîl)
- → Lezgi: сенжефил (senžefil)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زنجبیل (zencebil, zencefil), زنجفیل (zencefil)
- Turkish: zencefil
- → Albanian: xhenxhefil
- → Armenian: զենճեֆիլ (zenčefil)
- → Bulgarian: джинджифи́л (džindžifíl)
- → Turkmen: zenjebil
- → Urdu: زنجبیل (zanjabīl)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian زنجبیل (zanjabīl), from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl).
Noun
زنجبیل • (zanjabīl) f (Hindi spelling ज़ंजबील)