γάλαγγα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γᾰλᾰγγά (galangá)

Etymology

A loanword from Arabic خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān), from Persian قولنجان (qulenjân, qulanjân), from Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana), perhaps from Chinese 高良薑／高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng), from 高涼／高凉 (Gāoliáng) (a prefecture or county in China) + 薑／姜 (jiāng, “ginger”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.laŋ.ɡa/ → /ˈɣa.laŋ.ɡa/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.laŋ.ɡa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.laŋ.ɡa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.laŋ.ɡa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.laŋ.ɡa/

Noun

γᾰ́λᾰγγα • (gálanga) ? (indeclinable)

1. galangal (Alpinia galanga)

Further reading

• “γάλαγγα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γαλαγγά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN