moringa

See also: Moringa

English

Etymology

Probably from Tamil முருங்கை (muruṅkai, “drumstick”), from the shape of the fruits.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːˈɹɪŋɡə/

Noun

moringa (plural moringas)

1. Any of several trees, of genus Moringa, that grow in tropical and subtropical India and Africa.

Synonyms

• ben
• drumstick tree
• horseradish tree

Derived terms

• moringic acid

Translations

tree of genus Moringa

Bhojpuri: सजुवन (sajuvan) Bikol Central: kalunggay Bulgarian: моринга f (moringa) Burmese: ဒန့်သလွန် (my) (dan.sa.lwan) Dhivehi: މުރަނގަ ތޮޅި (muraⁿga toḷi) Hindi: सहजन (hi) m (sahjan) Korean: 모링가 (moringga) Maithili: सोहजन (sōhᵊjan) Polish: moringa (pl) f Portuguese: moringa (pt) f Russian: мори́нга f (morínga) Tagalog: malunggay Tamil: முருங்கை (ta) (muruṅkai) Thai: มะรุม (má-rum)

References

• Moringa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Moringa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Moringa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• roaming

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈɾĩ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈɾĩ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈɾĩ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈɾĩ.ɡɐ/

• Hyphenation: mo‧rin‧ga

Noun

moringa f (plural moringas)

1. moringa (any tree of the genus Moringa)

Further reading

• “moringa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “moringa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾinɡa/ [moˈɾĩŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -inɡa
• Syllabification: mo‧rin‧ga

Noun

moringa f (plural moringas)

1. moringa

Further reading

• “moringa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024