మెంతులు
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Dravidian *mentti + -లు (-lu). Compare Kannada ಮೆಂತೆ (mente), Tulu ಮೆತ್ತೆ (mette), Tamil வெந்தயம் (ventayam), Sanskrit मेथिका (methikā).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
మెంతులు • (mentulu) ? (plural only)
- the fenugreek seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum.
References edit
- Brown-1903, Gwynn (2022) “మెంతి,+మెంతులు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]