Talk:garlic chive

Russian translations, English, Chinese synonyms

As per Russian Wikipedia: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Лук_ветвистый: джюсай, жусай, жусей, джусай, лук ветвистый or лук душистый, лук пахучий, лук китайский, лук дикий or чесночный, горный or полевой чеснок. It says the English translation is fragrant garlic. Does the Chinese term 野韭 mean the same 韭菜? Anatoli 23:01, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

The Chinese may mean Allium ramosum, aka :Chinese Chives" or "Fragrant-flowered Garlic". It is also possible that the Russian Wikipedia is using a literal translation rather than an actually-used English common name. --EncycloPetey 23:07, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, EncycloPetey. It's fine as long as allium tuberosum is the same as allium ramosum or allium adorum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_chives is not linked to the Russian Wikipedia and uses different Chinese and other names. That's I am still not confident, if it's the same plant.

However, the words джюсай, жусай, жусей are actually quite similar sounding to 韮菜 (jiǔcài) but not using a standard Cyrillisation and not following Mandarin pronunciation. Perhaps, they are borrowed from Dungan Chinese. (added two more variants to the above). The search also gave me "дунганский чеснок". There are so many Russian words for it, I am not even familiar with the plant! Anatoli 23:40, 3 May 2009 (UTC)