xhenxhefil

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زنجفیل (zencefil), from Classical Persian زنجفیل (zanjafīl), from Arabic زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl), from Classical Syriac ܙܢܓܒܝܠ (zangabīl), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛnd͡ʒɛfil/

Noun

xhenxhefíl m (plural xhenxhefila, definite xhenxhefili, definite plural xhenxhefilat)

  1. ginger

Declension

Declension of xhenxhefil
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative xhenxhefil xhenxhefili xhenxhefila xhenxhefilat
accusative xhenxhefilin
dative xhenxhefili xhenxhefilit xhenxhefilave xhenxhefilave
ablative xhenxhefilash

Further reading

  • “xhenxhefil”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “xhenxhefil”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
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