कुलञ्जन

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• कुलञ्ज (kulañja)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুলঞ্জন (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬮᬜ᭄ᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
• কুলঞ্জন (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰩𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀮𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ကုလဉ္ဇန (Burmese script)
• કુલઞ્જન (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਲਞ੍ਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦭꦚ꧀ꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂪𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುಲಞ್ಜನ (Kannada script)
• កុលញ្ជន (Khmer script)
• ກຸລຎ຺ຊນ (Lao script)
• കുലഞ്ജന (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᠯᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘩𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᠯᠠᡛᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑧉𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐮𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
• କୁଲଞ୍ଜନ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢭꢛ꣄ꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆬𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖩𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
• කුලඤ‍්ජන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩽𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚥𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
• குலஞ்ஜந (Tamil script)
• కులఞ్జన (Telugu script)
• กุลญฺชน (Thai script)
• ཀུ་ལ་ཉྫ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒪𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨬𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed 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”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ku.lɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kuˈl̪ɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

कुलञ्जन • (kulañjana) stem, n

1. blue ginger

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: قُولَنْجَانْ (qūlanjān) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कुलञ्जन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.