Gingelies

/ˈdʒɪndʒəliz/ noun

Definition

Plural of gingeli; multiple sesame plants, seeds, or batches of the sesame product.

Etymology

Regular English pluralization of the variant spelling gingeli, derived from Sanskrit/Hindi 'til' through colonial trade vocabulary.

Kelly Says

The multiplication of spellings—gingeli, gingelies, gingelly, gingeley—shows English absorbing Indian vocabulary in real-time, before dictionaries could standardize which version was 'correct.'

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