zingiberi

== Latin == === Alternative forms === zimpiberi, zingiber, gingiber, zingeber, gingeber === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr) (modern Tamil இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) + வேர் (vēr, “root”)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [zɪŋˈɡɪ.bɛ.rɪ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡zin̠ʲˈd͡ʒiː.be.ri] === Noun === zingiberi n (indeclinable) ginger ==== Descendants ==== → Translingual: Zingiber, Zingiberales Reflexes of the Late Latin variant gingiber: === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “zĭngĭber”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 14: U–Z, page 664 === Further reading === “zingiberi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “zingiberi”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.