gember

From Middle Dutch gingebare, from Old Dutch *gingibero, from Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiber, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit सिङ्गबेर (siṅgabera).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɛm.bər/

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• Hyphenation: gem‧ber

gember m (plural gembers, no diminutive)

1. ginger (Zingiber officinale, a plant)
2. ginger (the root of Zingiber officinale used as spice)

• Afrikaans: gemmer
• Berbice Creole Dutch: gembru
• Jersey Dutch: jäämver
• → Lokono: sizembri
• → Papiamentu: ehèmber, gèmber, hember
• → West Frisian: gimber

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gember”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

• gember on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl