قولنجان

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana), possibly from Chinese 高良薑／高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /quː.lan.ˈd͡ʒaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.län.d͡ʒɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.län.d͡ʒɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [quː.län.d͡ʒɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qu.län.d͡ʒɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.læn.d͡ʒɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qu.län.d͡ʒɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	qūlanjān
Dari reading?	qūlanjān
Iranian reading?	ġulanjân
Tajik reading?	qulanjon

Noun

قُولَنْجَانْ • (qulanjân)

1. ginger

Descendants

• → Arabic: خُولَنْجَان (ḵūlanjān), خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān)
  • → Middle Armenian: խօլնջան (xōlnǰan), խօլնճան (xōlnčan)
  • → Persian: خاولنجان (xâwlanjân), خولنجان (xawlinjān), خالولنجان (xālūlinjān)
    • → Old Anatolian Turkish: خولنجان (havlincan)
      • Ottoman Turkish: خولنجان (havlincan)
        • Turkish: havlıcan