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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl).
Noun
zencefil
- ginger
Declension
References
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زنجفیل (zencefil)[1] or زنجبیل (zencebil),[2] from Persian زنجبیل (zanjabil, zanjebil).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zen.d͡ʒeˈfil/
- Hyphenation: zen‧ce‧fil
Noun
zencefil (definite accusative zencefili, plural zencefiller)
- ginger (the plant Zingiber officinale)
- ginger (rhizomes of this plant, or the ground powder used as spice acquired from the rhizomes)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زنجفیل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1015
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زنجبیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 648
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zencefil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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