From Tibetan གུར་ཀུམ (gur kum), ultimately from the same source as New Latin Curcuma, possibly Akkadian 𒌑𒆪𒄀𒆸𒈾 (/kurkanū/, “turmeric”).
гүргэм • (gürgem) (Mongolian spelling ᠭᠦᠷᠭᠦᠮ (gürgüm)); (regular declension )