तण्डुल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

तण्डुल • (taṇḍula) stem, m

  1. grain (after threshing and winnowing), especially rice; uncooked rice
    तण्डुलः धान्यतः आगच्छतिtaṇḍulaḥ dhānyataḥ āgacchati.Uncooked rice comes from the grain.

Descendants

  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀢𑀁𑀤𑀼𑀮 (taṃdula)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Old Bengali: *তাঁডুল (*tā̃ḍula), তাউল (tāula)
      • Middle Bengali: তাঁড়ুল (tãṛul)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀢𑀁𑀟𑀼𑀮 (taṃḍula), 𑀢𑀁𑀤𑀼𑀮 (taṃdula)
  • Niya Prakrit: Gandhari: 𐨟𐨎𐨜𐨂𐨫 (taṃḍula)
  • Pali: taṇḍula
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Old Gujarati:
      • Gujarati: તાંદળો (tā̃daḷo)
      • Malvi: तांदूल (tāndūl)
  • Telugu: తండులము (taṇḍulamu)

References

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “तण्डुल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
  1. F. C., Southworth (2011) Rice in Dravidian, University of Pennsylvania.
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