different between galanga vs galangal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???læ???/

Noun

galanga (plural galangas)

1. Alternative spelling of galangal

References

• galanga at OneLook Dictionary Search
• galanga in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Finnish

Alternative forms

• galangal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l????/, [???l????]
• Rhymes: -?l????
• Syllabification: ga?lan?ga

Noun

galanga

1. galangal

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic ???????????? (q?lanj?n)

Noun

galanga f (plural galanghe)

1. galangal

Portuguese

Noun

galanga f (plural galangas)

1. galangal (any of several plants of the ginger family)

English

Alternative forms

• galingale, galanga

Etymology

From Middle English galyngale, from Old French galingal, from Arabic ??????????? (?alanj?n), from Persian ???????? (qulinjân, qulanjân), from Sanskrit ??????? (kulañjana), perhaps from Chinese ??????? (g?oliángji?ng), from ?? (a prefecture or county in China) + ? (“ginger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???læ???l/

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.

Synonyms

• greater galangal, lesser galangal
• blue ginger

Translations

See also

• galangal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia