Other names

Turmeric is known by different names in other languages. Given below, is a list of the popularly known names of this spice.

Name in International Language -----------------------Name in Regional Language
Spanish	Curcuma	English	Turmeric
French	Curcuma, saffron des Indes	Hindi	Haldi
German	Kurkuma gelbwurzel	Bengali	Holud
Swedish	Gurkmeja	Gujarati	Haldi
Burmese	fanwin	Kannada	Arishina
Arabic	Kurkum	Malayalam	Manjal
Dutch	Geelwortel	Sindhi	Halda
Sinhalese	kaha	Marathi	Halad
Thai	kamin	Punjabi	Haldhor,Haldhar, Haldi
Indonesian	kunjit, kunyit	Oriya	Haldi
Italian	Curcuma	Tamil	Manjal
Portuguese	Acafrao-da-India	Telugu	Pasupu
Russian	Zholty Imbir	Kasmiri	Lidar
Chinese	Yu. Chin	KonKani	Halad, Ollod,Ollodi
India	Haldi	Sanskrit	Haladi,Haridra, Harita
		Urdu	Haladi