English
gingelly
Gingelly comes from Arabic جِلْجِلَان ‘Savignya parviflora’, and goes back to جَلْجَلَ ‘to rattle’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَلْجَلَjaljala‘to rattle’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentجِلْجِلَانjiljilān‘Savignya parviflora’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998gingelly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَلْجَلَjaljala‘to rattle’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentجِلْجِلَانjiljilān‘Savignya parviflora’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998gingelly
Earliest quotation: 1998, NR Kamini, JGS Mala: “Cultural conditions for the production of lipase by Aspergillus…”
Every English word from Arabic جَلْجَلَ
Today it means
noun The sesame plant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic جَلْجَلَ / gingelly