మునగ
See also: మునుగు
Telugu
Etymology
Cognate with Tamil முருங்கை (muruṅkai). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /munaɡa/
Noun
మునగ • (munaga) n (plural మునగలు)
- the horseradish or drumstick tree, Moringa pterygosperma
- Synonym: శిగ్రువు (śigruvu)
Derived terms
- మునగకాడ (munagakāḍa, “drumstick pod”)
- మునగాకు (munagāku, “drumstick leaf”)
- మునగచెట్టు (munagaceṭṭu, “drumstick tree”)
Anagrams
- నగము (nagamu)
References
- మునగ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- "మునగ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1407