వంకాయ

Telugu
వంకాయ.

Etymology

వంగ (vaṅga) +‎ కాయ (kāya)

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -య

Noun

వంకాయ • (vaṅkāya) ? (plural వంకాయలు)

  1. The vegetable called a brinjal or eggplant - Solanum melongena.
    కొన్నది వంకాయ, కొసరినది గుమ్మడికాయ
    konnadi vaṅkāya, kosarinadi gummaḍikāya
    What he bought was a brinjal, what he got to boot was a gourd.

References
  • “వంకాయ” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1116
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