In this write up, we want to show what saffron is called in different languages:
Botanical Name: Crocus Sativus
Commercial Part of Flower: Stigma
Family Name: Iridaceae
Persian: Za’afran or Zafran
Arabic: Zafran
Urdu: Zafran, Jafranekar
English: Saffron
Chinese: Fan Hung-Hua
Bengali: Jafran
Dutch: Saffraan
French: Safran
German: Safran
Gujarati: Keshar
Hindi: Zaffran
Italian: Zafferano
Japanese: Safuran
Kannada: Kumnkuma, kesari
Kashmiri: Kong
Malayalam: Kunkumapoove
Marathi: Keshar, Kesara
Portuguese: Acofrao
Russian: Shafran
Sanskrit I: Keshara, Kunkuma
Sanskrit II: Aruna, Asra, Asrika
Spanish: Azafran
Swedish: Saffran
Tamil: Kungumap
