పనస

Telugu

Artocarpus altilis

Fruit of Artocarpus altilis

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *palacV (“jackfruit”).

Noun

పనస • (panasa) ? (plural పనసలు)

1. breadfruit tree, Artocarpus altilis
2. in the Samhita portion of the Vedas, a quantity of fifty words in general

Derived terms

• పనసచెట్టు (panasaceṭṭu)
• పనసతొన (panasatona)
• పనసపండు (panasapaṇḍu)

References

• "పనస" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 707