זנגבילא

Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian.

Noun

זַנְגְּבִילָא • (zangəḇīlā‎‎) m

ginger

Descendants

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: זַנְגְּבִילָא‎ (zangḇīlā, zangəḇīlā)
- → Hebrew: זַנְגְּבִיל‎ (zangəḇī́l)
Classical Syriac: ܙܢܓܒܝܠ‎ (zangəḇīl) (see there for further descendants)

References

“Ginger”, in Polyglot Vegetarian‎, 2008-11-01

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