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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زنجبیل‏‎‎ (zencebil) (later Ottoman Turkish زنجفیل‏‎‎ (zencefil), modern Turkish zencefil), from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل‎ (zanjabīl), from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭭𐭢𐭯𐭩𐭫‎ (sangipēl), from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgavera), from Sanskrit शृङ्गवेर (śṛṅgavera), from Old Tamil இந்சி (iṅci, “ginger”) + வேர் (vēr, “root”) (modern Tamil இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) + வேர் (vēr, “root”)).

Noun

đùmbīr m (Cyrillic spelling ђу̀мбӣр)

  1. ginger
    Synonym: đìnđer

Declension

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