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==[[Valthungian]]==
[[Category: Valthungian words]]
[[Category: Valthungian nouns]]
[[Category: Valthungian a-stem nouns]]
[[Category: Valthungian strong nouns]]
[[Category: Valthungian neuter nouns]]
[[Category: Valthungian food]]
{{Template: Valthungian Pronuncation|ˈɕan.ʥi.vra}}

===Etymology===
From [[Middle Valthungian]] '''''[[sjangzjevʀ#Middle Valthungian|sjangzjevʀ]]'''''. 
Further etymology uncertain; likely from or related to Persian '''[[wikt: شنگویر|شنگویر (''šangevir'')]]''', 
from Sanskrit '''[[wikt: शृङ्गवेर|शृङ्गवेर (''śṛṅgavera'')]]''', 
borrowed from Old Tamil '''''[[wikt: iṅci|iṅci]]''''' ‘ginger’ + '''''[[wikt: vēr|vēr]]''''' ‘root’.

===Noun===
'''šanǧivra'''
# ginger, ginger root
# ''Zingiber'' spp. 

====Declension====
{{Template: Valthungian/n.st.m.a-syl|šanǧivr}}