kailan

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 laan4-2) Mandarin: 芥藍／芥蓝 (zh) (jièlán), 芥蘭／芥兰 (zh) (gàilán, jièlán), 芥蘭菜／芥兰菜 (gàiláncài, jièláncài) Min Nan: 芥藍菜, 芥蓝菜 (kè-nâ-chhài) 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)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Kalina, kalian

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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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kelan – colloquial
• caylan – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

From ka- +‎ ilan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧i‧lan
• IPA^(key): /kaʔiˈlan/, [kɐ.ʔɪˈlan]
• IPA^(key): /kajˈlan/, [kaɪ̯ˈlan] (colloquial)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkelan/, [ˈke.lɐn] (colloquial)
• IPA^(key): /kejˈlan/, [keɪ̯ˈlan] (Batangas)

Pronoun

kailán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔, plural kai-kailan)

1. (interrogative) when

Derived terms

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

 

See also

• ikailan

Further reading

• “kailan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018