| English | Indian-saffron | | | 1 | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 499-500. |
| English | turmeric | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| French | curcuma | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | safran des Indes | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | Gelbwurzel | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | Kurkuma | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Japanese Rōmaji | ukon | | | 2 | Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. |
| Portuguese | açafrão-da-Índia | | | 2 | Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | açafrão-da-terra | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | açafroeira | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | gengibre-dourada | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Spanish | azafrán de la India | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | cúrcuma | | | 2 | Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española (on-line resource). Note: re. common names |
| Swedish | gurkmeja | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Korean | ulgeum | | | 2 | Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:95. |