Uncertain, possible corruption of Italian articiocco girasole (“sunflower artichoke”), with girasole mistaken for the word Jerusalem.[1]
Jerusalem artichoke (plural Jerusalem artichokes)
- A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.
- The tuber of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
- Synonyms: earthapple, ground pear, sunchoke, sunroot, topinambour
plant and tuber
- Abaza: шӏрыкӏва (čʼrəkʷʼa)
- Abkhaz: аҷы́ркәа (ačʼə́rkʷʼa)
- Adyghe: чӏырыкӏу (ĉʼərəkʷʼu)
- Albanian: allme (sq) m
- Armenian: գետնախնձոր (hy) (getnaxnjor)
- Catalan: nyàmera f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 菊芋 (zh) (júyù), (informal) 洋薑/洋姜 (zh) (yángjiāng)
- Cree: ᐊᔅᑭᐸᐤ (askipaw)
- Czech: topinambur m
- Dakota: phąǧí
- Danish: jordskok c
- Dutch: aardpeer (nl) m
- Esperanto: terpiro
- Estonian: maapirn, topinambur, mugul-päevalill
- Finnish: maa-artisokka (fi), mukula-artisokka (fi)
- French: topinambour (fr) m
- German: Topinambur (de) m
- Greek: αγκινάρα της Ιερουσαλήμ f (agkinára tis Ierousalím)
- Halkomelem: x̱áx̱ekw’
- Hungarian: csicsóka (hu)
- Icelandic: ætifífill m
- Irish: bliosán gréine m
- Italian: (plant and tuber) topinambur m
- Japanese: 菊芋 (きくいも, kikuimo)
- Kabardian: щӏэрыкӏуэ (kbd) (śʼɛrəkʷʼɛ)
- Korean: 뚱딴지 (ttungttanji)
- Macedonian: шалган m (šalgan), (tuber) зимско јаболко n (zimsko jabolko), (plant) кртолест сончоглед m (krtolest sončogled)
- Mazanderani: یارم مستی (yâram-masti)
- Norman: paithe dé tèrre f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: jordskokk m, jordartisjokk m
- Nynorsk: jordskokk m
- Occitan: giganta f, tartifla f, tartifle m, tòpi m
- Ojibwe: ᑮᓯᓲᒌᐱᒃ giizisoojiibik, askiibwaan
- Ossetian: дзиликъу (ʒilik’u) (Digor)
- Ottoman Turkish: یر الماسی (yer elması)
- Pawnee: kisuusit
- Persian: سیبزمینی ترشی (sib-zamini-ye torši), شلغم فرنگی (šalğam-e farangi)
- Polish: topinambur (pl) m
- Portuguese: tupinambor m, tupinambo m
- Romanian: topinambur (ro) m, nap (ro) m, nap-porcesc m
- Russian: топина́мбур (ru) m (topinámbur), земляна́я гру́ша f (zemljanája grúša)
- Spanish: topinambur
- Swedish: jordärtskocka (sv) c
- Turkish: yer elması (tr)
- Unami: hakialaipën
- Vietnamese: cúc vu
- Welsh: blodyn-yr-haul oddfog m
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