పనస
Telugu
Artocarpus altilis
Fruit of Artocarpus altilis
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *palṇas (“jackfruit”)
Noun
పనస • (panasa) ? (plural పనసలు)
- Breadfruit tree: An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
- In the Samhita portion of the Vedas, a quantity of fifty words in general.
Derived terms
- పనసచెట్టు (panasaceṭṭu)
- పనసతొన (panasatona)
- పనసపండు (panasapaṇḍu)
References
- “పనస” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 707