अदरक

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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/,
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Noun

अदरक • (adrak) f (Urdu spelling ادرک)

  1. 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, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 324

Marwari

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit आर्द्रक (ārdraka).

Noun

अदरक (adrak) ?

  1. (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
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