केळे
See also: काळ, काळे, and काळें
Marathi
Alternative forms
- केळ (keḷ), केळं (keḷa)
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀬𑀮 (kayala) / कय़ल / ಕಯ಼ಲ (kaẏala), 𑀓𑁂𑀮 / केल / ಕೇಲ (kela) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Old Marathi 𑘎𑘹𑘯𑘲 f (keḷī, “plantain tree”)), from Sanskrit कदल (kadala).
Pronunciation
- (formal) IPA(key): /ke.ɭ̆e/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ke.ɭ̆ə/
- Hyphenation: के‧ळे
Noun
केळे • (keḷe) n (feminine केळ)
- banana (fruit)
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine, “केळे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 28.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “केळें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 181
- Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “केळ”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala, page 782.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kadala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 136