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galangal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɡəˈlæŋɡəl/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.
   • The refreshing aroma of galangal acts in combination with and as a contrast to lemongrass in many recipes in this book. 2008, Carol Selva Rajah, David Thompson, Heavenly Fragrance, page 144:
   • Another time, she dined in Hampstead, where she was fed a version of stargazy pie with a whole squid where the eel should have been. It was flavoured, for the full medieval effect, with galangal, which her hostess described as “kind of like frankincense”. 2023 July 15, Rachel Cooke, “No, Nigella – dinner parties are great. Deliveroo just doesn’t cut it”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

Forms

Hyponyms

greater galangal · lesser galangal

Translations (61)

fa قولنجان (any of several plants of the ginger family) · fa خسرودارو (any of several plants of the ginger family) · fa خاولنجان (any of several plants of the ginger family) · id lengkuas (any of several plants of the ginger family) · gu કોલિંજન (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sh galgan (any of several plants of the ginger family) · cs galgán (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sl galgant (any of several plants of the ginger family) · ota قولغان (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sa कुलञ्ज (any of several plants of the ginger family) · km រំដេង (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sl galanga (any of several plants of the ginger family) · nl laos (any of several plants of the ginger family) · pt galanga (any of several plants of the ginger family) · grc κύπειρον (any of several plants of the ginger family) · hi कुलंजन (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sa गन्धमूल (any of several plants of the ginger family) · fi galanga (any of several plants of the ginger family) · nrf han (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sv galanga (any of several plants of the ginger family) · ota خولنجان (any of several plants of the ginger family) · cs galgant (any of several plants of the ginger family) · pl galgant (any of several plants of the ginger family) · ru калга́н (any of several plants of the ginger family) · ru галанга (any of several plants of the ginger family) · ru галгант (any of several plants of the ginger family) · de Galgant (any of several plants of the ginger family) · ca galanga (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sh galanga (any of several plants of the ginger family) · es galangal (any of several plants of the ginger family) · ms lengkuas (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sa तीक्ष्णमूल (any of several plants of the ginger family) · cmn 高良薑 /高良姜 (any of several plants of the ginger family) · grc ζέρνα (any of several plants of the ginger family) · my ပတဲကော (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sa वनार्द्रका (any of several plants of the ginger family) · fr galanga (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sk galgant (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sk galgan (any of several plants of the ginger family) · id laos (any of several plants of the ginger family) · fa خسرو دارو (any of several plants of the ginger family) · ar خَوْلَنْجَان (any of several plants of the ginger family) · ru галга́н (any of several plants of the ginger family) · th ข่า (any of several plants of the ginger family) · vi riềng (any of several plants of the ginger family) · grc γάλαγγα (any of several plants of the ginger family) · it galanga (any of several plants of the ginger family) · uk калга́н (any of several plants of the ginger family) · tr kulunç otu (any of several plants of the ginger family) · tl langkawas (any of several plants of the ginger family) · fi galangajuuri (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sl galgan (any of several plants of the ginger family) · pl gałgan (any of several plants of the ginger family) · fa خولنجان (any of several plants of the ginger family) · km មើមខ្ញី (any of several plants of the ginger family) · lo ຂ່າ (any of several plants of the ginger family) · el χαυλιτζάνι (any of several plants of the ginger family) · sh galgant (any of several plants of the ginger family) · fr galangue (any of several plants of the ginger family) · ru галанговый ко́рень (any of several plants of the ginger family) · tr havlıcan (any of several plants of the ginger family)