galangal
Syllabification: (ga·lan·gal)
Pronunciation: /gəˈlaNGgəl/
(also galingale /ˈgalinˌgāl/)
Definition of galangal
noun
Origin:
Middle English galingale, via Old French from Arabic ḵalanjān, perhaps from Chinese gāoliángjiāng, from gāoliáng (the name of a district in Guangdong Province, China) + jiāng 'ginger'