Discussions On Fruit And Flower

For Flower: Tamil: Poo,Sanskrit:Pushpam,Hindi/Urdu:Phool,Malayalam:Poovu,Kannada:Hoovu Telugu:Poovu These words are derived as follows ul (To creat, to bloom, to born, to generate) ul->(pul)->Pullam (flower =Tamil) Pullam->Phool(Hindi/Urdu) Pullam->bloom [c.1200, a northern word, from O.N. blomi "flower, blossom," also collectively "flowers and foliage on trees," from P.Gmc. *blomon (cf. O.S. blomo, Du. bloem, Ger. Blume), from PIE *bhle- (cf. O.Ir. blath "blossom, flower," L. flos "flower," florere "to blossom, flourish"), extended form of *bhel- "to thrive, bloom, sprout" (see bole). O.E. had cognate bloma, but only in the fig. sense of "state of greatest beauty;" the main word in O.E. for "flower" was blostm (see blossom).] http://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/downloads/SanskritDictionary.html phulla = open, flowered Pul->Poo (Flower=Tamil) Poo->Poovu,Puvvu (Flower=Telugu) Poo-(hoo)->Hoovu (Flower=Kannadal) cf:Paal as Haalu in Kannada for Milk Pul->Putpu,Putpiththal (flowering=Tamil) Putpu->putpam (Flower=Tamil) Putpam->pushpa (skt)= flower pushpaM (Skt)= a flower pushpita (Skt)= one that has flowered Pul->Malar (Flower=Tamil)-flower (n.) ,O.Fr. flor, L. florem (nom. flos) "flower" (see flora), from PIE base *bhlo- "to blossom, flourish" (cf. M.Ir. blath, Welsh blawd "blossom, flower," O.E. blowan "to flower, bloom"). Malar-alar (Flower=Tamil)->alaru (Telugu)

13:14 (1½ மணிேேரம மனப) ேீகக

இரவி/రవ Kul->(Kan)-Kaan (flower=Tamil)->Eng.anther, Fr. anthère, Mod.L. anthera "a medicine extracted from a flower," from Gk. anthera, fem. of antheros "flowery," from anthos "flower," ul->Mul->MoL->Mottu (a bud=Tamil) MoL-Mokku,Mokkul (a bud=Tamil)->Mugulam (bud=Tamil)->mukulam.h = (n) a bud Mokku->Mogga (a bud=Telugu) ul->podhu (a bud=Tamil)->bud (English) [1398, bodde, origin unknown as seen from http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=bud&searchmode=none] Pul->Pogil (a bud=Tamil) PoL->Pothi (Plaintain flower=Tamil) ul->al->Arumbu (a bud=Tamil)

13:42 (1 மணிேேரம மனப) ேீகக

இரவி/రవ For Fruit: Tamil/Malayalam:Pazham,Sanskrit:Phalam,Hindi:Phal,Telugu:Pandu/phalam Generally common people uses the word fruit to the cheaper one. In Tamil and Telugu Country the word Palam/Pandu usually means banana (as it is cheap fruit for them). like wise in Europe fruit once was used to denote the Apple as it was a cheaper fruit for them. There are few words in Europe regarding fruit which includes prune, plum, pomme. these words are having Tamil etymology. In Tamil from the root Pal (to become fruit), the word PaLam, Pala, Palan were derived. From it the sanskrit word phalam was derived.

PaLam-> Pala->appala->apple [O.E. æppel "apple," from P.Gmc. *ap(a)laz (cf. O.Fris., Du. appel, O.N. eple, O.H.G. apful, Ger. Apfel), from PIE *ab(e)l "apple" (cf. Gaul. avallo, O.Ir. ubull, Lith. obuolys, O.C.S. jabloko), but the exact relation and original sense of these is uncertain. Gk. melon and L. malum are probably from a pre-I.E. Mediterranean language. A GENERIC TERM FOR ALL FRUIT, OTHER THAN BERRIES BUT INCLUDING NUTS, as late as 17c., hence its use for the unnamed "fruit of the forbidden tree" in Genesis. Cucumbers, in one O.E. work, are eorþæppla, lit. "earth-apples" (cf. Fr. pomme de terre "potato," lit. "earth-apple;" see also melon). Fr. pomme is from L. pomum "fruit." ] PaLam-> Pam-> Pomum (Fruit=Latin) Pomona, Roman goddess of fruit, from L. pomum "apple, fruit." pomade, from M.Fr. pommade "an ointment," from It. pomata, from pomo "apple," from L. pomum "fruit, apple," so called because the original ointment recipe contained mashed apples.

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இரவி/రవ PaLam->melon c.1387, from O.Fr. melon, from M.L. melonem (nom. melo), from L. melopeponem, a kind of pumpkin, from Gk. melopepon "gourd-apple" (name for several kinds of gourds bearing sweet fruit), from melon "apple" (from PIE source attested in Hittite mahla"grapevine, branch") + pepon, a kind of gourd, noun use of pepon "ripe." In Gk., MELON "APPLE" WAS USED IN A GENERIC WAY FOR ALL FOREIGN FRUITS. PaLam->Palam (fruit=Tamil)->phala (Skt= fruit) Palam,Palan (results, profit, good, bad results=Tamil)->phalaM (results=Skt) fruit c.1175, from O.Fr. fruit, from L. fructus "fruit, produce, profit," from frug-, stem of frui "to use, enjoy"