आळू

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit आलु (ālu, “potato; edible root”), from Proto-Indo-European *eHlu (“edible root”). Cognate with Hindi आलू (ālū) and French ail.

Noun

आळू • (āḷū) (Latin script allu, Kannada script ಆಳೂ)

1. the Colocasia esculenta plant and its tuber