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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡəˈlæŋɡəl/ Audio: En-us-galangal.ogg Forms: galangals [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|galyngale}} Middle English galyngale, {{der|en|fro|galingal}} Old French galingal, {{der|en|ar|خَلَنْجَان}} Arabic خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān), {{der|en|fa|قولنجان|tr=qulenjân, qulanjân}} Persian قولنجان (qulenjân, qulanjân), {{der|en|sa|कुलञ्जन}} Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana), {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|高良薑}} 高良薑/高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} galangal (countable and uncountable, plural galangals)
  1. Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Spices, Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Ginger family plants Synonyms: galingale, galanga Hyponyms: greater galangal (taxonomic: Alpinia galanga), lesser galangal (taxonomic: Alpinia officinarum) Translations (any of several plants of the ginger family): γάλαγγα (gálanga) (Ancient Greek), ζέρνα (zérna) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), κύπειρον (kúpeiron) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), خَوْلَنْجَان (ḵawlanjān) [masculine] (Arabic), ပတဲကော (pa.tai:kau:) (Burmese), 高良薑 (Chinese Mandarin), 高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), galgán [masculine] (Czech), galgant [masculine] (Czech), laos (Dutch), galanga (Finnish), galangue (French), galanga [masculine] (French), Galgant [masculine] (German), χαυλιτζάνι (chavlitzáni) (Greek), કોલિંજન (koliñjan) (Gujarati), कुलंजन (kulañjan) (Hindi), laos (Indonesian), lengkuas (Indonesian), galanga (Italian), មើមខ្ញី (məəm kɲəy) (Khmer), រំដេង (rumdeeng) (Khmer), ຂ່າ (khā) (Lao), lengkuas (Malay), han [masculine] (Norman), قولغان (kolgan) (Ottoman Turkish), خولنجان (havlincan) (Ottoman Turkish), خسرو دارو (xesru dâru) (Persian), خسرودارو (xesrudâru) (Persian), خولنجان (xawlenjân, xulenjân) (Persian), خاولنجان (xâwlanjân) (Persian), قولنجان (qulanjân, qulenjân) (Persian), gałgan [masculine] (Polish), galgant [masculine] (Polish), galanga [feminine] (Portuguese), галанговый ко́рень (galangovyj kórenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), калга́н (kalgán) [masculine] (Russian), галга́н (galgán) [masculine] (Russian), галгант (galgant) [masculine] (Russian), галанга (galanga) [feminine] (Russian), वनार्द्रका (vanārdrakā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), कुलञ्ज (kulañja) [masculine] (Sanskrit), गन्धमूल (gandhamūla) [masculine] (Sanskrit), तीक्ष्णमूल (tīkṣṇamūla) [masculine] (Sanskrit), galgant [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), galgan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), galanga [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), galgan [masculine] (Slovak), galgant [masculine] (Slovak), galgant [masculine] (Slovene), galgan [masculine] (Slovene), galanga [feminine] (Slovene), galangal [masculine] (Spanish), galanga (Swedish), langkawas (Tagalog), ข่า (kàa) (Thai), havlıcan (Turkish), калга́н (kalhán) [masculine] (Ukrainian), riềng (Vietnamese), củ riềng (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "any of several plants of the ginger family",
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          "sense": "any of several plants of the ginger family",
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          "sense": "any of several plants of the ginger family",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "galangovyj kórenʹ",
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          "text": "The refreshing aroma of galangal acts in combination with and as a contrast to lemongrass in many recipes in this book.",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "galanga"
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "any of several plants of the ginger family",
      "word": "ข่า"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kalhán",
      "sense": "any of several plants of the ginger family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "калга́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of several plants of the ginger family",
      "word": "riềng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of several plants of the ginger family",
      "word": "củ riềng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "galangal"
}

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