galangal

English

Galangal root

Alternative forms

galingale, galanga

Etymology

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 (a prefecture or county in China) + 薑／姜 (“ginger”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlæŋɡəl/
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Noun

galangal (countable and uncountable, plural galangals)

Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.
- 2008, Carol Selva Rajah, David Thompson, Heavenly Fragrance, page 144:
  The refreshing aroma of galangal acts in combination with and as a contrast to lemongrass in many recipes in this book.

Hyponyms

greater galangal (Alpinia galanga)
lesser galangal (Alpinia officinarum)
blue ginger (Dichorisandra thyrsiflora)

Translations

any of several plants of the ginger family

Arabic: خَوْلَنْجَان‎ m (ḵawlanjān)
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Burmese: ပတဲကော (my) (pa.tai:kau:)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 高良薑／高良姜 (zh) (gāoliángjiāng)
Czech: galgán m, galgant m
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Finnish: galanga (fi)
French: galangue (fr)
German: Galgant (de) m
Greek: χαυλιτζάνι (chavlitzáni)
Ancient: γάλαγγα (gálanga)
Gujarati: કોલિંજન (koliñjan)
Hindi: कुलंजन (hi) (kulañjan)
Indonesian: laos (id), lengkuas (id)
Italian: galanga (it)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: មើមខ្ញី (məəm kɲəy), រំដេង (km) (rumdeeng)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Lao: ຂ່າ (lo) (khā)
Malay: lengkuas (ms)
Norman: han m
Ottoman Turkish: قولغان‎ (kolgan), خولنجان‎ (havlincan)
Persian: خسرو دارو‎ (xisrū dārū), خسرودارو‎ (xisrūdārū), خولنجان‎ (fa) (xawlinjān, xūlinjān), خاولنجان‎ (xāwlanjān), قولنجان‎ (qūlanjān, qūlinjān)
Polish: gałgan (pl) m, galgant m
Portuguese: galanga f
Russian: галанговый ко́рень m (galangovyj kórenʹ), калга́н (ru) m (kalgán), галга́н m (galgán), галгант m (galgant), галанга f (galanga)
Sanskrit: वनार्द्रका (sa) f (vanārdrakā), कुलञ्ज (sa) m (kulañja), गन्धमूल (sa) m (gandhamūla), तीक्ष्णमूल (sa) m (tīkṣṇamūla)
Serbo-Croatian: galgant m, galgan m, galanga (sh) f
Slovak: galgan m, galgant m
Slovene: galgant m, galgan m, galanga f
Spanish: galangal m
Swedish: galanga (sv)
Tagalog: langkawas
Thai: ข่า (th) (kàa)
Turkish: havlıcan (tr)
Ukrainian: калга́н m (kalhán)
Vietnamese: riềng (vi), củ riềng