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Where does “బెంగుళూరు వంకాయ” come from?

బెంగుళూరు వంకాయ (Telugu) comes from Telugu వంకాయ, from Telugu వంగ, from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV.

బెంగుళూరు వంకాయ (Telugu): chayote: the green, pear-shaped fruit of a...

Definitions

  1. chayote: the green, pear-shaped fruit of a...

Ancestry of “బెంగుళూరు వంకాయ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguవంకాయThe vegetable called a brinjal or eggplant -...
2Teluguవంగeggplant, aubergine, brinjal
3Proto-Dravidian*waẓVtV—
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