టెంకాయ

See also: టోక్యో and టోకియో

Telugu

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *tenkāy (“coconut”), from *ten (“southern”) +‎ *kāy (“fruit”). Cognate with Tamil தேங்காய் (tēṅkāy), Malayalam തേങ്ങ (tēṅṅa), Kannada ತೆಂಗಿನ ಕಾಯಿ (teṅgina kāyi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈeŋkaːja/

Noun

టెంకాయ • (ṭeṅkāya) n (plural టెంకాయలు)

1. coconut

   Synonym: కొబ్బరికాయ (kobbarikāya)

References

• "టెంకాయ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 489