अदरक

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit आर्द्रक (ārdraka, “ginger”) through Prakrit *𑀆𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀅 (*āddaa), from आर्द्र (ārdra, “wet”), as fresh ginger is wet. Doublet of आदा (ādā).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /əd̪.ɾək/, [ɐd̪.ɾɐk]
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Noun

अदरक • (adrak) f (Urdu spelling ادرک)

  1. ginger
    Synonym: आदा (ādā)

Declension
Declension of अदरक (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अदरक
adrak		 अदरकें
adrakẽ
oblique अदरक
adrak		 अदरकों
adrakõ
vocative अदरक
adrak		 अदरको
adrako

Descendants
  • → Pashto: ادرک (adrak)
  • → Persian: ادرک (adrak)
  • → English: adraki

References
  • Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “अदरक”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 324

Rajasthani

Alternative forms
  • अदरख (adrakh)

Etymology

From Sanskrit आर्द्रक (ārdraka).

Noun

अदरक (adrak) ?

  1. (green) ginger

References
  • Bhanwar Lal Suthar and Sukhveer Singh Gahlot (1998), Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary, page 11. Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press).
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