Where does “કાજુ” come from?

કાજુ (Gujarati) comes from Portuguese caju, from Classical Persian بادام, from Middle Persian wʾtʾm, from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám.

કાજુ (Gujarati): cashew nut

Definitions

  1. cashew nut

Ancestry of “કાજુ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecajucashew; cashew nut
2Classical Persianبادام—
3Middle Persianwʾtʾm—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianvātādám—

Words derived from “કાજુ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám →Every word from Middle Persian wʾtʾm →Every word from Classical Persian بادام →