అశ్వగంధ

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्वगन्ध (aśvagandha, horse’s smell).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɕʋaɡan̪d̪ʱa/, [aʃʋaɡand̪ʱa]

Noun

అశ్వగంధ • (aśvagandha? (plural అశ్వగంధలు)

  1. ashwagandha, a certain medicinal plant of species Withania somnifera (syn. Physalis flexuosa)[1]
    Synonym: పెన్నేరు (pennēru)

References

  1. ^ "అశ్వగంధ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 99