అరటి
See also: అరఁటి
Telugu
Alternative forms
- అరఁటి (aran̆ṭi), అఱఁటి (aṟan̆ṭi), అనటి (anaṭi)
Etymology
From Sanskrit अरतू (aratū), possibly with a preexisting Dravidian influence.
Noun
అరటి • (araṭi) ? (plural అరటులు)
- (botany) banana/plantain plant
Derived terms
- అడవిఅరటి (aḍaviaraṭi, “wild banana”)
- అరటికాయ (araṭikāya, “unripe banana”)
- అరటిచెట్టు (araṭiceṭṭu, “banana tree”)
- అరటితోట (araṭitōṭa, “a field where banana trees are grown”)
- అరటిపండు (araṭipaṇḍu, “banana fruit”)
- అరటిపువ్వు (araṭipuvvu, “the flower or inflorescence of banana tree”)
- అరిటాకు (ariṭāku)
- ఆటలో అరటిపండు (āṭalō araṭipaṇḍu, “injury occurring while playing game”)
References
- "అరటి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 78
- అరటి at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “అరఁటి”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications