turmeric

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• General-American: /ˈtɝ.mɚ.ɪk/
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• General-American: [ˈthɝ.mɚ.ɪk]
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• General-American, nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes: /ˈtuː.mə.ɹɪk/
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• General-American: [ˈthu.mɚ.ɪk]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː.m(ə).ɹɪk/
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• Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes: /ˈtjuː.m(ə).ɹɪk/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃuː.m(ə).ɹɪk/
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• Philippines: /təɹˈmɛ.ɾɪk/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)məɹɪk
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• rhymes with -uːməɹɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: T ER1 M AH0 R IH2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English turmeryte, tarmaret, of uncertain origin. Possibly corrupted from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, “Curcuma”) or from Old French terre mérite (“deserving earth”), potentially as a folk etymology of the Arabic.

173 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: እርድ (ʾərd) — plant
• Arabic: كُرْكُم (kurkum) — plant
• Arabic: كُرْكُم (kurkum) — plant
• Armenian: տիւրմէրիկ (tiwrmērik) — plant
• Armenian: հնդիկ քրքում (hndik kʻrkʻum) — plant
• Middle Armenian: դեղնախունկ (deġnaxunk) — plant
• Assamese: হালধি গছ (halodhi gos) — plant
• Central Bikol: kalawag — plant
• Carolinian: raang — plant
• Catalan: cúrcuma — plant
• Chinese Cantonese: 黃薑 /黄姜 (wong4 goeng1) — plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 薑黃 /姜黄 (jiānghuáng) — plant
• Min Nan Chinese: 黃薑 /黄姜 (ûin-kiaun) — plant
• Czech: kurkuma dlouhá — plant
• Danish: gurkemeje — plant
• Dutch: kurkuma — plant
• Fijian: cago — plant
• Fijian: lelega — plant
• Finnish: maustekurkuma — plant
• French: curcuma — plant
• German: Kurkuma — plant
• German: Gelbwurz — plant
• Greek: κουρκουμάς (kourkoumás) — plant
• Gujarati: હળદર (haḷdar) — plant
• Hawaiian: ʻōlena — plant
• Hawaiian: lena — plant
• Indonesian: kunyit — plant
• Javanese: kunir — plant
• Javanese: kunyit — plant
• Korean: 강황 (ganghwang) — plant
• Latin: curcuma — plant
• Macedonian: куркума (kurkuma) — plant
• Malay: kunyit — plant
• Māori: renga — plant
• Mokilese: oang — plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: gurkemeie — plant
• Okinawan: 鬱金 (ucchin) — plant
• Palauan: kesol — plant
• Persian: زردچوبه (zardčube) — plant
• Persian: زرچوبه (zarčube) — plant
• Pohnpeian: oahng — plant
• Polish: kurkuma — plant
• Portuguese: cúrcuma — plant
• Portuguese: açafrão-da-índia — plant
• Portuguese: açafrão-das-índias — plant
• Romanian: zerdiceaf — plant
• Russian: курку́ма (kurkúma) — plant
• Russian: жёлтый ко́рень (žóltyj kórenʹ) — plant
• Russian: желтя́к (želtják) — plant
• Samoan: lega — plant
• Samoan: ago — plant
• Satawalese: raang — plant
• Slovene: kurkuma — plant
• Spanish: cúrcuma — plant
• Spanish: palillo — plant
• Spanish: yuquilla — plant
• Spanish: camotillo — plant
• Swahili: njano — plant
• Swedish: gurkmeja — plant
• Tagalog: luyang-dilaw — plant
• Tahitian: reʻa — plant
• Tahitian: reʻa māʻohi — plant
• Tamil: மஞ்சள் (mañcaḷ) — plant
• Thai: ขมิ้น (kà-mîn) — plant
• Tongan: ango — plant
• Tongan: enga — plant
• Turkish: zerdeçal — plant
• Vietnamese: nghệ — plant
• Wandamen: ningguai — plant
• Welsh: tyrmerig — plant
• Woleaian: rang — plant
• Yapese: guchoel — plant
• Yoruba: àjó — plant
• Yoruba: yéyémùyé — plant
• Afrikaans: borrie — spice
• Arabic: كُرْكُم (kurkum) — spice
• Arabic: كركم (kurkum) — spice
• Arabic: خرقوم (ḵarqūm) — spice
• Assamese: হালধি (halodhi) — spice
• Azerbaijani: sarıkök — spice
• Azerbaijani: kurkuma — spice
• Bengali: হলুদ (holud) — spice
• Central Bikol: kalawag — spice
• Bulgarian: куркума (kurkuma) — spice
• Burmese: နနွင်း (na.nwang:) — spice
• Catalan: cúrcuma — spice
• Cebuano: dulaw — spice
• Chinese Cantonese: 黃薑 /黄姜 (wong4 goeng1) — spice
• Chinese: 薑黃 /姜黄 (kiun-n̂g) — spice
• Chinese Mandarin: 薑黃 /姜黄 (jiānghuáng) — spice
• Czech: kurkuma — spice
• Czech: japonský šafrán — spice
• Danish: gurkemeje — spice
• Dhivehi: ރީނދޫ (rīndū) — spice
• Dutch: koenjit — spice
• Dutch: kurkuma — spice
• Esperanto: kurkumo — spice
• Finnish: kurkuma — spice
• French: curcuma — spice
• German: Gelbwurz — spice
• German: Kurkuma — spice
• German: Kurkume — spice
• Greek: κουρκούμη (kourkoúmi) — spice
• Gujarati: હળદર (haḷdar) — spice
• Hebrew: כורכום (kurkum) — spice
• Hindi: हल्दी (haldī) — spice
• Hungarian: kurkuma — spice
• Icelandic: túrmerik — spice
• Indonesian: kunyit — spice
• Irish: tuirmiric — spice
• Italian: curcuma — spice
• Japanese: 鬱金 (ukon) — spice
• Japanese: ウコン (ukon) — spice
• Kannada: ಅರಿಶಿನ (ariśina) — spice
• Kannada: ಅರಸಿನ (arasina) — spice
• Khmer: រមៀត (rɔmiet) — spice
• Korean: 강황 (ganghwang) — spice
• Central Kurdish: زەردەچێوە (zerdeçêwe) — spice
• Lao: ຂີ້ຫມິ້ນ (khī min) — spice
• Lao: ຂມິ້ນ (kha min) — spice
• Lithuanian: dažinė ciberžolė — spice
• Macedonian: куркума (kurkuma) — spice
• Malay: kunyit — spice
• Brunei Malay: kunyit — spice
• Malayalam: മഞ്ഞൾ (maññaḷ) — spice
• Marathi: हळद (haḷad) — spice
• Nepali: बेसार (besār) — spice
• Norwegian: gurkemeie — spice
• Persian: زردچوبه (zardčube) — spice
• Persian: زرچوبه (zarčube) — spice
• Pohnpeian: oahng — spice
• Polish: kurkuma — spice
• Portuguese: curcuma — spice
• Portuguese: açafrão-da-índia — spice
• Portuguese: açafrão-das-índias — spice
• Portuguese: açafrão-da-terra — spice
• Punjabi: ਹਲਦੀ (haldī) — spice
• Romanian: zerdiceaf — spice
• Romanian: curcumă — spice
• Russian: курку́ма (kurkúma) — spice
• Russian: жёлтый ко́рень (žóltyj kórenʹ) — spice
• Russian: желтя́к (želtják) — spice
• Sinhalese: කහ (kaha) — spice
• Slovene: kurkuma — spice
• Spanish: cúrcuma — spice
• Spanish: palillo — spice
• Swahili: manjano — spice
• Swahili: bizari ya manjano — spice
• Swedish: gurkmeja — spice
• Sylheti: ꠀꠟꠗꠤ (alodí) — spice
• Sylheti: ꠅꠟꠂꠖ (oloido) — spice
• Tagalog: luyang-dilaw — spice
• Tamil: மஞ்சள் (mañcaḷ) — spice
• Tausug: dulaw — spice
• Telugu: పసుపు (pasupu) — spice
• Tetum: kunir — spice
• Thai: ขมิ้น (kà-mîn) — spice
• Turkish: zerdeçal — spice
• Venetan: cùrcuma — spice
• Vietnamese: củ nghệ — spice
• Welsh: tyrmerig — spice
• Yoruba: àjó — spice
• Yoruba: ata ilẹ̀ pupa — spice
• Catalan: cúrcuma — dye
• Dutch: kurkuma — dye
• Dutch: koenjit — dye
• Finnish: kurkumiini — dye
• French: curcumine — dye
• Indonesian: kunyit — dye
• Italian: curcumina — dye
• Low German: Kunkelmei (Holsteinisch) — dye
• Malay: kunyit — dye
• Russian: курку́мин (kurkúmin) — dye