𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭

Prakrit

Alternative forms

𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgavera)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr), from 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci, “ginger”) + 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr, “root”).

Noun

𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera) (Devanagari सिंगिवेर)

ginger

Descendants

→ Middle Iranian:
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (sngypyl /⁠singapēr ~ sangipēl⁠/)
  - Persian: شنگویر (šangevir), شنگویل (šangevil), شنگبیر (šangebir), شنگبیل (šangebil)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (snkrpyl)
- → Aramaic: זַנְגְּבִילָא (zangəḇīlā) (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: սնգրուեղ (sngrueł)
  - Armenian: սնգրվեղ (sngrveġ)
- → Ancient Greek: ζιγγίβερῐς (zingíberis) (see there for further descendants)
→ Dhivehi: އިނގިރި (iⁿgiri, “ginger”), އިނގުރު (iⁿguru)
→ Pali: siṅgivera
→⇒ Sanskrit: शृङ्गवेर (śṛṅgavera)
→ Shina: شِنٛگوٰر, śiŋo̍or (“ginger”)
- → Burushaski: شِݣݸر, śiŋór (“ginger”)
→ Sinhalese: ඉඟුරු (iⁿguru, “ginger”)

Further reading

Ross, Alan Strode Campbell (1952) Ginger, a loan-word study, B. Blackwell
“Ginger”, in Polyglot Vegetarian, 2008 November 1

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