करेला

 

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करेला

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀬 (kārellaya), related to, if not from, Sanskrit कारवेल्ल (kāravella, “bitter melon”). Compare Punjabi ਕਰੇਲਾ (karelā) / کَریلا (karelā), Gujarati કારેલું (kārelũ), Bengali করলা (korla), Marathi कारले (kārle), Assamese কেৰেলা (kerela).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.ɾeː.lɑː/, [kɐ.ɾeː.läː]

करेला • (karelā) m (Urdu spelling کَریلَا)

1. karela, bitter melon (Momordica charantia)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “करेला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāravēlla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press