turmeric

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turmeric

Alternative forms

tumeric (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed)

Etymology

From Middle English turmeryte, tarmaret, of uncertain origin. Possibly corrupted from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, “Curcuma”). Others have theorized it might come from Old French terre mérite (“deserving earth”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜɹ.məɹ.ɪk/, [ˈtʰɝ.mɚ.ɪk], (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) /ˈtuː.mə.ɹɪk/, [ˈtʰu.mɚ.ɪk]
Audio (US): (file)
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː.m(ə).ɹɪk/, (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) /ˈtjuː.m(ə).ɹɪk/, /ˈtʃuː.m(ə).ɹɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(Philippines) IPA^(key): /təɹˈmɛ.ɾɪk/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)məɹɪk, -uːməɹɪk, -ɜː(ɹ)mɹɪk, -uːmɹɪk

Noun

turmeric (countable and uncountable, plural turmerics)

(botany) An Indian plant (Curcuma longa), with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
(cooking) The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.
Synonym: haldi
A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.
Synonym: E100

turmeric:

Derived terms

turmeric acid
turmeric paper
turmeric root
white turmeric
wild turmeric

Translations

plant

Arabic: كُرْكُم (ar) m (kurkum)
Hijazi Arabic: كُرْكُم m (kurkum)
Armenian:
Middle Armenian: դեղնախունկ (deġnaxunk)
Assamese: হালধি গছ (halodhi gos)
Bikol Central: kalawag (bcl)
Catalan: cúrcuma (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 薑黃 / 姜黄 (zh) (jiānghuáng)
Danish: gurkemeje c
Dutch: kurkuma
Fijian: cago, lelega
Finnish: maustekurkuma
French: curcuma (fr) m
German: Kurkuma (de)
Greek: κουρκουμάς (el) m (kourkoumás)
Gujarati: હળદર f (haḷdar)
Hawaiian: ʻōlena, lena
Indonesian: kunyit (id)
Javanese: kunir (jv), kunyit (jv)
Korean: 강황(薑黃) (ganghwang)
Macedonian: куркума f (kurkuma)
Malay: kunyit (ms)
Maori: renga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gurkemeie m
Okinawan: 鬱金 (うっちん, ucchin)
Palauan: kesol
Persian: زردچوبه (fa) (zardčube), زرچوبه (zarčube)
Polish: kurkuma (pl) f
Portuguese: cúrcuma f, açafrão-da-índia m, açafrão-das-índias m
Romanian: zerdiceaf (ro) m
Russian: курку́ма (ru) f (kurkúma), жёлтый ко́рень m (žóltyj kórenʹ), желтя́к (ru) m (želtják)
Samoan: lega, ago
Slovene: kurkuma f
Spanish: cúrcuma (es) f, palillo (es) m, yuquilla f, camotillo m
Swahili: njano
Swedish: gurkmeja (sv)
Tagalog: luyang-dilaw
Tahitian: reʻa, reʻa māʻohi
Thai: ขมิ้น (th) (kà-mîn)
Tongan: ango
Turkish: zerdeçal (tr)
Vietnamese: nghệ (vi)
Welsh: tyrmerig m
Yoruba: àjó, yéyémùyé

spice

Afrikaans: borrie
Arabic: كُرْكُم (ar) m (kurkum)
Egyptian Arabic: كركم m (kurkum)

Moroccan Arabic: خرقوم (ḵarqūm)
Assamese: হালধি (halodhi)
Azerbaijani: sarıkök, kurkuma
Bengali: হলুদ (bn) (holud)
Bikol Central: kalawag (bcl)
Brunei Malay: kunyit
Bulgarian: куркума f (kurkuma)
Burmese: နနွင်း (my) (na.nwang:)
Catalan: cúrcuma (ca) f
Cebuano: dulaw
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黃薑 / 黄姜 (wong⁴ goeng¹)

Hokkien: 薑黃 / 姜黄 (kiuⁿ-n̂g)

Mandarin: 薑黃 / 姜黄 (zh) (jiānghuáng)
Czech: kurkuma f, japonský šafrán m
Danish: gurkemeje c
Dhivehi: ރީނދޫ (rīⁿdū)
Dutch: koenjit (nl) m or f, kurkuma (nl) m
Esperanto: kurkumo
Finnish: kurkuma (fi)
French: curcuma (fr) m
German: Gelbwurz f, Kurkuma (de) f, Kurkume (de) f
Greek: κουρκούμη (el) f (kourkoúmi)
Gujarati: હળદર f (haḷdar)
Hebrew: כורכום (he) m (kurkum)
Hindi: हल्दी (hi) (haldī)
Hungarian: kurkuma (hu)
Icelandic: túrmerik n
Indonesian: kunyit (id)
Irish: tuirmiric f
Italian: curcuma (it) f
Japanese: 鬱金 (ja) (うこん, ukon), ウコン (ja) (ukon)
Khmer: រមៀត (km) (rɔmiet)
Korean: 강황 (ganghwang)
Lao: ຂີ້ໝິ້ນ (khī min), ຂມິ້ນ (kha min)
Lithuanian: dažinė ciberžolė
Low German:
East Frisian Low Saxon: spiiskruud n
Macedonian: куркума f (kurkuma)
Malay: kunyit (ms)
Malayalam: മഞ്ഞൾ (ml) (maññaḷ)
Marathi: हळद f (haḷad)
Nepali: बेसार (ne) (besār)
Norwegian: gurkemeie
Persian: زردچوبه (fa) (zardčube), زرچوبه (zarčube)
Polish: kurkuma (pl) f
Portuguese: curcuma f, açafrão-da-índia m, açafrão-das-índias m, açafrão-da-terra (pt)
Punjabi: ਹਲਦੀ (haldī)
Romanian: zerdiceaf (ro) m, curcumă f
Russian: курку́ма (ru) f (kurkúma), жёлтый ко́рень m (žóltyj kórenʹ), желтя́к (ru) m (želtják)
Sinhalese: කහ (si) (kaha)
Slovene: kurkuma f
Spanish: cúrcuma (es) f, palillo (es) m
Swahili: manjano (sw)
Swedish: gurkmeja (sv)
Sylheti: ꠀꠟꠗꠤ (alodí), ꠅꠟꠂꠖ (oloido)
Tagalog: luyang-dilaw
Tamil: மஞ்சள் (ta) (mañcaḷ)
Tausug: dulaw
Telugu: పసుపు (te) (pasupu)
Tetum: kunir
Thai: ขมิ้น (th) (kà-mîn)
Turkish: zerdeçal (tr)
Venetan: cùrcuma (vec) f
Vietnamese: củ nghệ
Welsh: tyrmerig m
Yoruba: àjó, ata ilẹ̀ pupa

dye

Catalan: cúrcuma (ca) f
Dutch: kurkuma (nl), koenjit (nl)
Finnish: kurkumiini
French: curcumine (fr) f
Indonesian: kunyit (id)
Italian: curcumina (it) f
Malay: kunyit (ms)
Russian: курку́мин (ru) m (kurkúmin)

References

“termerite, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 July 2018.
Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.

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