Galgant m (genitive Galgants, plural Galgante)
From Arabic قَالَنْجَان (qālanjān) (cognate with Persian قولنجان (kūlinjān), Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana)), perhaps from Sinitic 高良薑 (read gāoliángjiāng in modern Mandarin), from 高良 (gāoliáng) (a district in China) + 薑 (jiāng, “ginger”).