خولنجان

Arabic

Alternative forms

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 ḵūlanjān) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun خَوْلَنْجَان (ḵawlanjān)‎; خُولَنْجَان (ḵūlanjān)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal خَوْلَنْجَان‎; خُولَنْجَان
ḵawlanjān‎; ḵūlanjān 		الْخَوْلَنْجَان‎; الْخُولَنْجَان
al-ḵawlanjān‎; al-ḵūlanjān 		خَوْلَنْجَان‎; خُولَنْجَان
ḵawlanjān‎; ḵūlanjān
nominative خَوْلَنْجَانٌ‎; خُولَنْجَانٌ
ḵawlanjānun‎; ḵūlanjānun 		الْخَوْلَنْجَانُ‎; الْخُولَنْجَانُ
al-ḵawlanjānu‎; al-ḵūlanjānu 		خَوْلَنْجَانُ‎; خُولَنْجَانُ
ḵawlanjānu‎; ḵūlanjānu
accusative خَوْلَنْجَانًا‎; خُولَنْجَانًا
ḵawlanjānan‎; ḵūlanjānan 		الْخَوْلَنْجَانَ‎; الْخُولَنْجَانَ
al-ḵawlanjāna‎; al-ḵūlanjāna 		خَوْلَنْجَانَ‎; خُولَنْجَانَ
ḵawlanjāna‎; ḵūlanjāna
genitive خَوْلَنْجَانٍ‎; خُولَنْجَانٍ
ḵawlanjānin‎; ḵūlanjānin 		الْخَوْلَنْجَانِ‎; الْخُولَنْجَانِ
al-ḵawlanjāni‎; al-ḵūlanjāni 		خَوْلَنْجَانِ‎; خُولَنْجَانِ
ḵawlanjāni‎; ḵūlanjāni

Descendants

  • → Middle Armenian: խօլնջան (xōlnǰan), խօլնճան (xōlnčan)
  • → Persian: خاولنجان (xâwlanjân), خولنجان (xawlinjān), خالولنجان (xālūlinjān)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “خولنجان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎[1] (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
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