అరటి

See also: అరఁటి

Telugu

Alternative forms

• అరంటి (araṇṭi), అరఁటి (aran̆ṭi), అనంటి (anaṇṭi), అనఁటి (anan̆ṭi), అంటి (aṇṭi)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian II *arVṇṭṭi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾaʈi/

Noun

అరటి • (araṭi) ? (plural అరటులు)

1. (botany) banana
2. (botany) 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

• Brown-1903, Gwynn (2022) “అనంటి”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]
• 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