خولنجان

Arabic

خولَنْجَان

Alternative forms

• خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān)

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)
  • → Old Anatolian Turkish: خولنجان (havlincan)
    • Ottoman Turkish: خولنجان (havlincan)
      • Turkish: havlıcan

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: Brill, page 61