kailan

See also: kai-lan

English

Alternative forms

• gailan, gai-lan, gai lohn, gai-lon, kai-lan

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 芥蘭／芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2).

Noun

kailan (uncountable)

1. Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese cooking.

Synonyms

• Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:dim sum

Translations

vegetable

• Burmese: ကိုက်လန် (my) (kuiklan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芥蘭／芥兰 (gaai³ laan^4-2)

  Hokkien: 芥藍菜／芥蓝菜 (kè-nâ-chhài)

  Mandarin: 芥藍／芥蓝 (zh) (jièlán), 芥蘭／芥兰 (zh) (gàilán, jièlán), 芥蘭菜／芥兰菜 (gàiláncài, jièláncài)

• Finnish: härmekaali, kiinanbrokkoli
• French: gaï lan m, brocoli de Chine m
• Indonesian: kailan, kailan
• Russian: гайла́нь m or f (gajlánʹ)
• Thai: คะน้า (th) (ká-náa)
• Vietnamese: cải rổ, cải làn (vi)

Further reading

• Kai-lan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Brassica oleracea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Kalina, kalian

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kailan, from Late Classical Malay کايلن (kailan), from Cantonese 芥蘭／芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2, “kailan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.i.lan/
• Hyphenation: ka‧i‧lan

Noun

kailan (first-person possessive kailanku, second-person possessive kailanmu, third-person possessive kailannya)

1. kailan, Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra.

Further reading

• “kailan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kelan — colloquial
• caylan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From ka- +‎ ilan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʔiˈlan/, [kɐ.ʔɪˈlan]

• IPA^(key): /kajˈlan/, [kaɪ̯ˈlan] (colloquial)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkelan/, [ˈkɛ.lɐn] (colloquial)

• (Batangas) IPA^(key): /kejˈlan/, [kɛɪ̯ˈlan]
• Hyphenation: ka‧i‧lan

Pronoun

kailán (plural kai-kailan, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜎᜈ᜔)

1. (interrogative) when

Derived terms

• kahit kailan
• kai-kailan
• kailanman
• magpakailanman
• makailan

 

Related terms

• ikailan
• kamakailan

 

Further reading

• “kailan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018