amla

English

Amla

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati આમળાં (āmaḷā̃), from Sanskrit आमलक (āmalaka). Doublet of emblic.

Noun

amla (plural amlas)

1. Phyllanthus emblica, a deciduous tree.

   Synonyms: Indian gooseberry, emblic myrobalan, Malacca tree

   • 2007 August 26, Katherine Russell Rich, “Go Suck on a Topaz”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Less stately advice is also offered: the amla fruit, boiled, is an excellent hair conditioner.

2. the bitter yellow-green fruit of this tree.

   Synonym: emblic

Translations

tree

• Arabic: أَمْلَج m (ʔamlaj)
• Bengali: আমলকি (amloki), আমলকী (bn) (amloki), আমলক (bn) (amolok), আমলাতি (amlati), আমলাতী (amlati)
• Burmese: ဆီးဖြူ (my) (hci:hpru)
• Czech: smuteň lékařská
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: amblapuu
• Gujarati: આમળું n (āmaḷũ)
• Hindi: आंवला m (āmvlā), आँवला (hi) m (ā̃vlā), आमला (hi) m (āmlā)
• Indonesian: malaka (id), melaka (id)
• Japanese: アムラ (amura), 阿摩勒 (anmaroku), 油柑 (yukan)
• Malay: melaka
• Persian: آمله (fa) (âmole, âmle, âmala), املگ (amlag), امیله (amile)
• Polish: liściokwiat garbnikowy (pl) m, agrest indyjski m, amla f
• Sanskrit: आमलक (sa) m or n (āmalaka), आमलकी (sa) f (āmalakī)
• Tamil: நெல்லி (ta) (nelli)
• Telugu: ఆమలకము (te) (āmalakamu), ధాత్రి (te) (dhātri)
• Thai: มะขามป้อม (má-kǎam-bpɔ̂m)

fruit

• Arabic: أَمْلَج m (ʔamlaj)
• Assamese: আমলখি (amlokhi)
• Bengali: আমলা (amola), আমলকী (bn) (amloki)
• Burmese: ဆီးဖြူသီး (my) (hci:hprusi:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 油柑子 (jau⁴ gam¹ zi²)

  Mandarin: 餘甘子／余甘子 (yúgānzǐ)

• German: aschfarbige Myrobalane f (archaic)
• Gujarati: આમળું n (āmaḷũ)
• Hindi: आंवला m (āmvlā), आँवला (hi) m (ā̃vlā), आमला (hi) m (āmlā)
• Indonesian: malaka (id), melaka (id)
• Kannada: ನೆಲ್ಲಿ (kn) (nelli)
• Malay: melaka
• Malayalam: നെല്ലി (ml) (nelli)
• Manipuri: ꯍꯩꯀ꯭ꯔꯨ (heik͟roo)
• Marathi: आवळा (āvḷā)
• Newar: अम्बः (amba:)
• Odia: ଅଅଁଳା (or) (ôỗḷa)
• Persian: آمله (fa) (âmole, âmle, âmala), املگ (amlag), امیله (amile)
• Polish: amla f
• Punjabi: ਆਂਵਲਾ m (ā̃valā)
• Sanskrit: धात्री (sa) (dhātrī)
• Santali: ᱢᱮᱨᱟᱞ (meral)
• Tamil: நெல்லிக்காய் (ta) (nellikkāy)
• Telugu: ఉసిరి (te) (usiri)
• Thai: มะขามป้อม (má-kǎam-bpɔ̂m)
• Tulu: ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ (nellikāyi)

Further reading

• Phyllanthus emblica L. on India Biodiversity Portal
• Phyllanthus emblica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Alam, Alma, Amal, alma, laam, lama