పనస
Telugu
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *palacV (“jackfruit”).
Noun
పనస • (panasa) ? (plural పనసలు)
- jackfruit tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus
- in the Samhita portion of the Vedas, a quantity of fifty words in general
Derived terms
- పనసచెట్టు (panasaceṭṭu, “Jackfruit tree”)
- పనసతొన (panasatona, “fruitlets of jackfruit”)
- పనసపండు (panasapaṇḍu, “Jackfruit”)
- కూర పనస (kūra panasa, “a kind of breadfruit”)
Gallery
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Jackfruit tree with fruit
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Jackfruit tree
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Jackfruit tree with fruit
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Cut opened jackfruit
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Jackfruit edible kernels
References
- పనస at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- "పనస" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 707