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I have been writing on some interesting ‘’ #Vegetarian’’ etymologies in Hindi / Urdu and other Indian languages such as Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu etc. for some time. Here is a small thread on it. Enjoy !!
हींग hīng (Asafoetida) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1074433921054580736
इलायची الائچی ilāyacī (cardamom) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1074698365475151872
काजू kājū (the cashew-nut) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1072536500829593600
methī मेथी میتھی (Fenugreek herb) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1076059070669508608
गोभी gobhī > in cauliflower (= phūlgobhī फूल-गोभी) & cabbage (= bandgobhī बंदगोभी) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1071907037855006720
karelā करेला (bitter gourd) - good arguments by others in the thread https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1103070329063251969
kaṭhal (कटहल) & কঁঠাল (kɔtʰal) [ Jackfruit] https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1106350466244460544
Types of Pear – naashpaati नाशपाती https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1022850876350910464
Baingan (बैंगन) = egg plant https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/854413959822286851
Origin of word (and the dish) Dosa दोसा [ plz see the whole thread] https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1130708497971257344
Tea snack - Fan फ़ैन (Yes its from #French < Pain = bread) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1089840961461604354
चाउमीन cāumīn (stir fried noodles) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1062818547607445505
पूरी = Poori (Fried flat bread) – north Indian delicacy https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1014830911949557760
Papītā (Papaya) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1207091213922447360?s=19
Ālū आलू (
potato) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1160759342531923968?s=19
potato) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1160759342531923968?s=19
kundrū कुँदरू (Ivy Gourd i.e. Coccinia grandis) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1227485401113337856?s=20
sahjan सहजन (drumsticks) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1226765063522050048?s=20
Peṭhā पेठा (= ash gourd, wax gourd 
) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1224105231363051522?s=20
) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1224105231363051522?s=20
ciṛvā चिड़वा / ciur̤ā चिउड़ा / cūṛā चूड़ा https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1220704841955205121?s=20
Parval परवल (Trichosanthes dioica) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1218672475246153728?s=20
pān (betel leaf) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1213946010034229248?s=20
