γάλαγγα
τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
English (LSJ)
galangal, galanga, galingale, Alpinia officinarum, Alpinia galanga, Aët.1.131.
Spanish (DGE)
bot. galanga raíz de la planta aromática utilizada en la fabricación de perfume de nardo Alpinia officinarum Hance y de A. galanga Willd., Aët.1.131, Hippiatr.App.7.
• Etimología: Prést. del ár. khalandjan que procede a su vez del chino.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: galingal, Alpina officinarum (Aet.)
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.
Etymology: From Arab. khalandjan, itself of Chinese origin. André, Lexique s.v. galenga.
Translations
Arabic: خَوْلَنْجَان; Burmese: ပတဲကော; Chinese Mandarin: 高良薑, 高良姜; Czech: galgán, galgant; Finnish: galanga; French: galangue; German: Galgant; Ancient Greek: γάλαγγα, γαλαγγά; Gujarati: કોલિંજન; Hindi: कुलंजन; Indonesian: laos, lengkuas; Italian: galanga; Khmer: មើមខ្ញី; Lao: ຂ່າ; Malay: lengkuas; Norman: han; Ottoman Turkish: قولغان, خولنجان; Persian: خسرو دارو, خسرودارو, خولنجان, خاولنجان, قولنجان; Polish: gałgan, galgant; Portuguese: galanga; Russian: галанговый корень, калган, галган, галгант, галанга; Sanskrit: वनार्द्रका, कुलञ्ज, गन्धमूल, तीक्ष्णमूल; Serbo-Croatian: galgant, galgan, galanga; Slovak: galgan, galgant; Slovene: galgant, galgan, galanga; Spanish: galangal; Swedish: galanga; Tagalog: langkawas; Thai: ข่า; Turkish: havlıcan; Ukrainian: калган; Vietnamese: riềng, củ riềng
