خولنجان

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Arabic

خولَنْجَان
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Etymology

From Persian قولنجان (qulanjân, qulenjân), from Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana), possibly from Chinese 高良薑高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaw.lan.d͡ʒaːn/ (classicized)
  • IPA(key): /xuː.lan.d͡ʒaːn/ (originally and dialectally)

Noun

خَوْلَنْجَان or خُولَنْجَان (ḵawlanjān or ḵūlanjānm

  1. galangal (Alpinia gen. et spp. and especially Alpinia officinarum)

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References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “خولنجان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 521
  • Levey, Martin (1973) Early Arabic Pharmacology. An Introduction Based on Ancient and Medieval Sources, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 61