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adraki

adraki noun: ginger.

Noun

adraki (plural adrakis)

  1. (India) ginger

Forms of adraki

pluraladrakis
alternative formadrak

Origin of adraki

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi अदरकी (adarkī) / Urdu اَدْرَکِی (adrakī)), from अदरक (adrak, “ginger”) + -ई (-ī) / اَدْرَک (adrak, “ginger”) + ـِی (-ī), from Prakrit *𑀆𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀅 (*āddaa), in turn from Sanskrit आर्द्रक (ārdraka, “ginger”), ultimately from आर्द्र (ārdra, “wet”), as fresh ginger is wet. By surface analysis, adrak + -i.

Questions about adraki

What does adraki mean?
Adraki means ginger.
What part of speech is adraki?
Adraki is a noun.
What is the plural of adraki?
The plural of adraki is adrakis.

Words near adraki in the dictionary

  1. Adragnas
  2. Adragon
  3. adragonist
  4. adragonists
  5. adrak
  6. adraki
  7. Adramelech
  8. Adrammelech
  9. adranosite
  10. Adrar Region
  11. Adrastea

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