zingiber

See also: Zingiber

English

The ginger plant (Zingiber officinale) is a typical zingiber.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci)

Proto-Dravidian *wēr

Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr)

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor.

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der.

Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor.

Latin zingiberīder.

taxonomic name Zingiber

English zingiber

From taxonomic name Zingiber. Doublet of ginger.

Noun

zingiber (plural zingibers)

1. Any member of the genus Zingiber of gingers.

See also

• zingiber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zingiber on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Noun

zingiber n (genitive zingiberis); third declension

1. alternative form of zingiberī (“ginger”)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	zingiber	zingibera
genitive	zingiberis	zingiberum
dative	zingiberī	zingiberibus
accusative	zingiber	zingibera
ablative	zingibere	zingiberibus
vocative	zingiber	zingibera