వంకాయ
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
వంకాయ • (vaṅkāya) ? (plural వంకాయలు)
- 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[edit]
- "వంకాయ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1116