బీరకాయ

Telugu

బీరకాయలు.

Etymology

బీర (bīra) +‎ కాయ (kāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːɾakaːja/

Noun

బీరకాయ • (bīrakāya) n (plural బీరకాయలు)

1. (botany) the unripe fruit of the sharp-angled cucumber (Luffa acutangula); angled loofah, sinkwa towelsponge

References

• బీరకాయ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
• "బీరకాయ" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 384