अदरक (adrak)
noun
A single, concrete sense: the kitchen spice/root ginger (adrak). No figurative or idiomatic extensions worth tracking.
Sense
1
:
ginger (the root/spice)
noun, feminine
Synonyms: अदरख (adrakh, variant form)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: No Indian kitchen runs without अदरक (adrak) -- it goes into chai, dal, and the अदरक-लहसुन का पेस्ट (adrak-lahsun kaa pest, ginger-garlic paste) that forms the base of countless curries. If you have a cold, someone in a Delhi household will almost certainly hand you adrak wali chai (adrak vaalii chaay, ginger tea) as the first remedy, before any medicine.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to assign it masculine gender by default -- अदरक (adrak) is feminine, so it takes अच्छी (achchhii) not अच्छा (achchhaa), e.g. अच्छी अदरक (achchhii adrak, good ginger). 2) In tea contexts, learners often say चाय में अदरक डालो (chaay men adrak daalo, put ginger in the tea) but forget that अदरक (adrak) is usually referred to as a lump/piece -- अदरक का टुकड़ा (adrak kaa tukdaa, a piece of ginger) -- rather than counted individually.
Sample Sentences:
चाय में थोड़ा अदरक डाल दो।
Put a little ginger in the tea.
(chaay men thodaa adrak daal do।)
मुझे लगता है मुझे ज़ुकाम हो गया है, अदरक वाली चाय बना दो।
I think I've caught a cold, make me some ginger tea.
(mujhe lagtaa hai mujhe zukaam ho gayaa hai, adrak vaalii chaay banaa do।)
माँ हर सुबह अदरक-लहसुन का पेस्ट बनाती हैं।
Mom makes ginger-garlic paste every morning.
(maan har subah adrak-lahsun kaa pest banaatii hain।)
दाल में अदरक और हींग डाली गई थी।
Ginger and asafoetida had been added to the dal.
(daal men adrak aur hiing daalii gaii thii।)
अगर अदरक ताज़ा होता तो सब्ज़ी का स्वाद और बढ़ जाता।
If the ginger had been fresh, the vegetable's flavor would have been even better.
(agar adrak taazaa hotaa to sabzii kaa svaad aur badh jaataa।)
बाज़ार से एक किलो अदरक ले आना।
Bring a kilo of ginger from the market.
(baazaar se ek kilo adrak le aanaa।)
शायद इस सब्ज़ी में अदरक थोड़ा ज़्यादा पड़ गया हो।
Maybe a bit too much ginger got added to this vegetable dish.
(shaayad is sabzii men adrak thodaa zyaadaa pad gayaa ho।)
सर्दियों में अदरक की माँग बढ़ जाती है।
The demand for ginger increases in winter.
(sardiyon men adrak kii maang badh jaatii hai।)
आयुर्वेद में अदरक को पाचन के लिए लाभकारी माना जाता है।
In Ayurveda, ginger is considered beneficial for digestion.
(aayurved men adrak ko paachan ke lie laabhkaarii maanaa jaataa hai।)
उसने अदरक को बारीक काटकर कढ़ाई में डाल दिया।
She finely chopped the ginger and put it in the pan.
(usne adrak ko baariik kaatkar kadhaaii men daal diyaa।)
रसोई में अदरक की खुशबू फैली हुई थी।
The aroma of ginger had spread through the kitchen.
(rasoii men adrak kii khushboo phailii huii thii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
अदरक
(adrak)
(sg.f.oblique):
अदरक
(adrak)
(pl.f.direct):
अदरकें
(adarken)
(pl.f.oblique):
अदरकों
(adarkon)