వంకాయ

Telugu

వంకాయ.

Etymology

From వంగ (vaṅga) +‎ కాయ (kāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋaŋkaːja/

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