आलू
See also: आलु
Hindi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀮𑀼𑀕 (āluga), from Sanskrit आलुक (āluka, “elephant foot yam”). Doublet of आलु (ālu) and आलुक (āluk). The word began to be used in the sense "potato" after the importation of potatoes to South Asia from the Americas by Europeans, displacing cultivation of the similar elephant foot yam.
Noun edit
आलू • (ālū) m (Urdu spelling آلو)
Declension edit
Declension of आलू (masc ū-stem)
Descendants edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian آلو (ālū).
Noun edit
आलू • (ālū) m (Urdu spelling آلو)
Declension edit
Declension of आलू (masc ū-stem)
Derived terms edit
- आलू-बुख़ारा (ālū-buxārā)
References edit
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ālu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “आलू”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आलू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “आलू”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आलू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press