Etymology Explorer › Hungarian

Where does “kurkuma” come from?

kurkuma (Hungarian) comes from German kurkuma, from Italian curcuma, from Arabic كُرْكُم, from Sanskrit कुङ्कुम.

kurkuma (Hungarian): turmeric

Definitions

  1. turmeric

Ancestry of “kurkuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankurkuma—
2Italiancurcumaturmeric
3Arabicكُرْكُمturmeric; Curcuma
4Sanskritकुङ्कुम—

Words derived from “kurkuma”

  • kurkumák
Every word from Sanskrit कुङ्कुम →