अदरक

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit आर्द्रक (ārdraka, “ginger”) through Prakrit *𑀆𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀅 (*āddaa), from आर्द्र (ārdra, “wet”), as fresh ginger is wet. Doublet of आदा (ādā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /əd̪.ɾək/, [ɐd̪.ɾɐk]
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Noun

अदरक • (adrak) f (Urdu spelling ادرک)

ginger
Synonym: आदा (ādā)

Declension

Declension of *अदरक* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	अदरक adrak	अदरकें adrakẽ
oblique	अदरक adrak	अदरकों adrakõ
vocative	अदरक adrak	अदरको adrako

Descendants

→ Pashto: ادرک (adrak)
→ Persian: ادرک (adrak)
→ English: adraki

References

Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “अदरक”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎^[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 324

Marwari

Alternative forms

अदरख (adrakh)

Etymology

From Sanskrit आर्द्रक (ārdraka).

Noun

अदरक (adrak) ?

(green) ginger

References

Bhanwar, Lal Suthar, Gahlot, Sukhveer Singh (1998) राजस्थानी-हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी कोश [rājasthānī-hindī-aṅgrejī koś, Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary] (in Hindi), Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press), page 11