cardamom

English

Cardamom seeds.

From Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon), from κάρδαμον (kárdamon, “cress”) + ἄμωμον (ámōmon), the name of a some eastern spice. Possibly ultimately from or cognate with Anatolian; see Proto-Anatolian *karsani- (“soapweed”).

cardamom (countable and uncountable, plural cardamoms)

The Elettaria cardamomum, an Indian herb.
The seed of E. cardamomum, used as a medicine and spice, especially in curry powder.
(uncommon, inexact) Synonym of grains of paradise, the seeds or seed capsules of the East African A. melegueta.

E. cardamomum

Arabic: هَال‎ m (hāl), هَيْل‎ m pl (hayl)
Hijazi Arabic: هيل‎ m pl (hēl)
Armenian: հիլ (hy) (hil), անդրիտակ (andritak), մալախ (hy) (malax), շուշմիր (šušmir), կարդամոն (hy) (kardamon)
Bulgarian: кардамо́н m (kardamón)
Catalan: cardamom m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小豆蔻 (zh) (xiǎodòukòu), 豆蔻 (zh) (dòukòu)
Faroese: kardamummuplanta f
Finnish: kardemummapensas, kardemumma (fi)
French: cardamome (fr) f or m
Galician: cardamomo (gl) m
German: Kardamom (de) m
Greek: κάρδαμο (el) n (kárdamo)
Ancient: καρδάμωμον n (kardámōmon)
Hebrew: קרדמון‎ m (kardamon)
Hindi: इलायची (hi) f (ilāyacī)
Indonesian: kapulaga (id)
Irish: cardamam m
Italian: cardamomo (it) m
Japanese: カルダモン (karudamon)

its seed or seed capsule

Arabic: حَبْهَان‎ m pl (ḥabhān), هَال‎ m (hāl), هَيْل‎ m pl (hayl)
Egyptian Arabic: حبهان‎ m (ḥabhān)

Hijazi Arabic: هيل‎ m pl (hēl)
Armenian: հիլ (hy) (hil)
Azerbaijani: hil (az)
Bengali: এলাচি (elaci), এলাচ (elac)
Bulgarian: кардамон m (kardamon)
Catalan: cardamom m
Dhivehi: ކާފޫރު ތޮޅި‎ (kāfūru toḷi)
Dutch: kardemom (nl)
Faroese: kardamumma f
Finnish: kardemumma (fi)
French: cardamome (fr) f or m
Galician: cardamomo (gl) m
Georgian: ილი (ili)
German: Kardamom (de) m
Greek: κάρδαμο (el) n (kárdamo)
Ancient: καρδάμωμον n (kardámōmon)
Gujarati: એલચી (gu) (elacī), ઇલાયચી (gu) (ilāycī)
Hebrew: הל‎ (he) m (hel)
Hindi: इलायची (hi) (ilāyacī)
Indonesian: kepulaga (id)
Irish: cardamam m
Italian: cardamomo (it) m
Javanese: ꦏꦥꦸꦭꦒ (kapulaga)
Kannada: ಏಲಕ್ಕಿ (kn) (ēlakki)
Konkani: वेलची (velcī)
Kuvi: କେଟ (keṭa)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Malay: buah pelaga

Malayalam: ഏലക്കായ് (ēlakkāyŭ), ഏലം (ml) (ēlaṃ)
Marathi: वेलची (velcī), वेलदोडा (veldoḍā)
Newari: एला (elā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kardemomme m

Nynorsk: kardemomme m
Oriya: ଅଳେଇଚ (ôḷeicô)
Persian: هل‎ (fa) (hel), هیل‎ (hil)
Picard: agamémon
Portuguese: cardamomo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਇਲਾਚੀ (pa) (elāchī)
Romanian: cardamom (ro) m
Russian: кардамо́н (ru) m (kardamón)
Sanskrit: एला (sa) (elā)
Slovene: kardamom m
Spanish: cardamomo m
Sundanese: ᮊᮕᮥᮜᮌ (kapulaga), ᮊᮕᮧᮜ᮪ (kapol)
Swahili: iliki
Swedish: kardemumma (sv) c
Tagalog: kardamono
Tamil: ஏலக்காய் (ta) (ēlakkāy)
Telugu: యెలకులు (yelakulu), ఎలకులు (elakulu), యేలక్కాయలు (yēlakkāyalu)
Thai: ผลกระวานเทศ (phon krawan thet), ลูกกระวานเทศ (luk krawan thet), ลูกเอ็น (th) (luk en), ลูกเอ็ล (th) (luk en), เอลา (th) (ela)
Tibetan: སུག་སྨེལ། (sug smel)
Turkish: kakule (tr)
Ukrainian: кардамо́н m (kardamón)
Vietnamese: bạch đậu khấu
Volapük: kardumafluk
Welsh: cardamom m, grawn Paradwys m pl (archaic)

grains of paradise — see grains of paradise

“cardamom, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1888.
Weeks, Hittite Vocabulary: An Anatolian Appendix to Buck‘sDictionary of SelectedSynonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages

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