galangal

English

From Middle English galyngale, from Old French galingal, from Arabic خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān), from Persian (qulinjân, 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”).

galangal (countable and uncountable, plural galangals)

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greater galangal, lesser galangal
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any of several plants of the ginger family

Arabic: خَوْلَنْجَان m (ḵawlanjān)
Burmese: ပတဲကော (my) (pa.tai:kau:)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 高良薑／高良姜 (zh) (gāoliángjiāng), 高良姜 (zh) (gāoliángjiāng)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
French: galangue (fr)
German: Galgant (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ζέρνα f (zérna)
Gujarati: કોલિંજન (koliñjan)
Hindi: कुलंजन (hi) (kulañjan)
Indonesian: laos (id), lengkuas (id)
Italian: galanga
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: មើមខ្ញី (məəm kɲəy)
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Korean: please add this translation if you can
Lao: ຂ່າ (lo) (khaa)
Malay: lengkuas
Norman: han m
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: galanga f
Russian: галанговый ко́рень m (galangovyj kórenʹ)
Sanskrit: वनार्द्रका (sa) f (vanārdrakā), कुलञ्ज (sa) m (kulañja), गन्धमूल (sa) m (gandhamūla), तीक्ष्णमूल (sa) m (tīkṣṇamūla)
Swedish: galanga (sv)
Tagalog: langkawas
Thai: ข่า (kàa)
Vietnamese: riềng (vi), củ riềng