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Hebrew
Etymology
Medieval borrowing from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl), and earlier still from Aramaic זַנְגְּבִילָא (zangḇīlā, zangəḇīlā) which is apart from various Babylonian Talmud Mishna Tractates notably found in the Targum Song of Songs 3:9 however the compilator of the TgSong is theoretized to be a native Arabic speaker instead of a native Aramaic speaker and the continuity to later uses is questionable. Compare the rare Hebrew גִּנְבָּר (ginbār), from rare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גִּינְבְּרָא (ginbərā) from Ancient Greek γιγγίβερις (gingíberis).
Pronunciation
Noun
זַנְגְּבִיל • (zangvíl) m
- ginger
Further reading
- “zngbyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “gynbrˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–