బెండ
Telugu
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi भिंडी (bhiṇḍī, “okra”), a feminine form of Sanskrit भिण्डा (bhiṇḍā).
Noun
బెండ • (beṇḍa) ? (plural బెండలు)
- The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
Derived terms
- కస్తూరిబెండ (kastūribeṇḍa)
- బెండకాయ (beṇḍakāya)
References
- బెండ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- "బెండ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 901