कारले

Marathi

Alternative forms
  • कारलं (kārla)

Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀅 (kārellaa), related to, if not from, Sanskrit कारवेल्ल (kāravella, “bitter melon”). Compare Gujarati કારેલું (kārelũ), Hindustani کَریلَا (karelā) / करेला (karelā), Punjabi ਕਰੇਲਾ (karelā) / کَریلا (karelā), Bengali করলা (korla), Assamese কেৰেলা (kerela).

Pronunciation
  • (formal) IPA(key): /kaɾ.le/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /kaɾ.lə/

Noun

कारले • (kārle) n

  1. karela, bitter gourd, bitter melon, Momordica charantia

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “कारले”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कारलें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कारलें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāravēlla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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