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English
guavas (fruit)
Etymology
Recorded since 1555, from Spanish guayaba , from Taíno *wayaba .[ 1] Doublet of guayaba , which is now rare or obsolete.
Pronunciation
Noun
guava (countable and uncountable , plural guavas )
A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava .
Its yellowish tropical fruit , globular or pear -shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin , is often made into jams and jellies .
A medium reddish -pink color , like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).
guava:
Derived terms
Translations
tree or shrub
Antillean Creole: goyavié m , goyavyé m , goyaviè f , goyavyè f
Bikol Central: bayawas (bcl)
Bulgarian: гуа́ва f ( guáva )
Burmese: မာလကာပင် ( mala.kapang )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 番石榴 ( faan1 sek6 lau4-2 )
Hokkien: 林菝仔 (zh-min-nan) ( ná-pua̍t-á, ná-pa̍t-á ) , 菝仔 (zh-min-nan) ( pua̍t-á, pa̍t-á )
Mandarin: 番石榴 (zh) ( fānshíliú ) , 芭樂 / 芭乐 (zh) ( bālè ) , 雞矢果 / 鸡矢果 ( jīshǐguǒ ) ( mainland China ) , 巴拉 (zh) ( bālā ) , 芭拉
Danish: guava c
Dutch: guave (nl) , guaveboom , guavestruik
Esperanto: gujavujo , gujavarbo
Finnish: guava (fi)
French: goyavier (fr) m
German: Guave (de) f , Guavenbaum (de) m
Hindi: अमरूद (hi) m ( amrūd ) , अमरूत (hi) m ( amrūt )
Hungarian: gujávafa
Ido: guyaviero (io)
Kannada: ಪೇರಲ ( pērala ) , ಚೇಪೆ (kn) ( cēpe ) , ಸೀಬೆ ( sībe )
Malayalam: പേര ( pēra )
Maori: kuawa
Nahuatl:
Classical: xālxococuahuitl
Tetelcingo: xoxococuabi̱tl
Polish: guawa f
Portuguese: goiabeira f
Punjabi: ਅਮਰੂਦ (pa) ( amarūd )
Russian: гуа́ва (ru) f ( guáva )
Réunion Creole French: goyavié m
Spanish: guayabo (es)
Swahili: mpera (sw)
Telugu: జామ (te) ( jāma ) , జామచెట్టు (te) ( jāmaceṭṭu )
Thai:
Central Thai: ฝรั่ง (th) ( fà-ràng )
Isan: บักสีดา ( bàk-sǐi-daa ) , หมากสีดา ( màak-sǐi-daa )
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Southern Thai: ชมพู่ ( chom-pûu )
Turkish: guava
Vietnamese: ổi (vi)
fruit
Albanian: gujava f
Antillean Creole: goya f , goyav f
Arabic: جوافة (ar) f ( jawāfa, juwāfa )
Egyptian Arabic: جوافة f ( gawafa )
Gulf Arabic: جوافة m ( jawāfa )
Hijazi Arabic: جَوَّافة f ( jawwāfa )
Armenian: գուավա ( guava )
Assamese: মধুৰি ( modhuri ) , মধুৰি আম ( modhuri am ) , সঁফুৰি আম ( xõphuri am ) , মুহৰী ( muhori )
Atayal: bwal
Bengali: পেয়ারা (bn) ( peẏara )
Bikol Central: bayawas (bcl)
Brunei Malay: biabas
Bulgarian: гуа́ва f ( guáva )
Burmese: မာလကာသီး ( mala.kasi: )
Cebuano: bayabas
Chinese:
Cantonese: 番石榴 ( faan1 sek6 lau4-2 )
Hokkien: 林菝仔 (zh-min-nan) ( ná-pua̍t-á, ná-pa̍t-á ) , 菝仔 (zh-min-nan) ( pua̍t-á, pa̍t-á )
Mandarin: 番石榴 (zh) ( fānshíliú ) , 芭樂 / 芭乐 (zh) ( bālè ) , 雞矢果 / 鸡矢果 ( jīshǐguǒ ) ( mainland China ) , 巴拉 (zh) ( bālā ) , 芭拉
Czech: guava
Danish: guava
Dutch: guave (nl)
Esperanto: gujavo
Finnish: guava (fi)
French: goyave (fr) f
Galician: guiaba f
German: Guave (de) f
Greek: γκουάβα f ( gkouáva )
Guaraní: arasa
Hausa: goba
Hebrew: גויאבה (he) f ( guyava )
Hiligaynon: bayabas
Hindi: अमरूद (hi) ( amrūd ) , अमरूत (hi) m ( amrūt )
Hungarian: gujáva
Ido: guyavo (io)
Ilocano: bayabas
Indonesian: jambu batu (id) , jambu biji (id)
Irish: guábha m
Italian: guava f , guaiava f
Japanese: グアバ (ja) ( guaba ) , グアヴァ ( guava )
Javanese: jambu kluthuk
Kannada: ಪೇರಲ ( pērala ) , ಚೇಪೆಹಣ್ಣು ( cēpehaṇṇu ) , ಸೀಬೆಹಣ್ಣು (kn) ( sībehaṇṇu )
Kapampangan: biabas
Khiamniungan Naga: ūpīo-īuh
Khmer: ត្របែក (km) ( trɑbaek )
Kinaray-a: bayabas
Konkani: पेरु ( pēru )
Korean: 구아바 ( guaba )
Lao: ໝາກສີດາ (lo) ( māk sī dā )
Lokono: maliaba , wayaba
Lutuv: maakalaw
Malagasy: goavy (mg)
Malay: jambu batu
Malayalam: പേരയ്ക്ക ( pēraykka )
Maori: kuāwa
Marathi: पेरू ( perū )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ягаан жүржлэг ( jagaan žüržleg ) , гуава ( guava ) , шарсан жимс ( šarsan žims ) ( China )
Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠵᠦᠷᠵᠢᠯᠢᠭ ( yaɣan ǰürǰilig ) , ᠰᠢᠷᠠᠰᠤᠨ ᠵᠢᠮᠢᠰ ( sirasun ǰimis )
Nahuatl:
Classical: xālxocotl
Highland Puebla: xa̱lxocot
Mecayapan: xa̱lxocoꞌ
Michoacán: xalxocul
Northern Puebla: xalxocotl
Tetelcingo: xoxocotl
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla: xalxocotl
Ngazidja Comorian: pera class 5 /6
Norwegian: guava
Pangasinan: bayawas
Persian: گواوا (fa) ( guâvâ ) , امرود (fa) ( amrud )
Polish: gujawa f , guawa f
Portuguese: goiaba (pt) f
Punjabi: ਅਮਰੂਦ (pa) ( amarūd )
Quechua: sawintu
Rakhine: ဂိုယံသီး
Russian: гуа́ва (ru) f ( guáva )
Slovak: guajava f
Somali: saytuun
Spanish: guayaba (es) f
Swahili: pera (sw)
Swedish: guava (sv) c
Tagalog: bayabas (tl)
Tai Dón: ꪮꪴꪥꫂ
Tamil: கொய்யா (ta) ( koyyā )
Telugu: జామపండు (te) ( jāmapaṇḍu )
Thai:
Central Thai: ฝรั่ง (th) ( fà-ràng )
Isan: บักสีดา ( bàk-sǐi-daa ) , หมากสีดา ( màak-sǐi-daa )
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Southern Thai: ชมพู่ ( chom-pûu )
Tigrinya: ዘይቱን ( zäytun )
Tongan: kuava
Tsonga: kijawa
Turkish: guava
Ukrainian: гуая́ва f ( huajáva ) , гуа́ва f ( huáva )
Urdu: امرود ( amrūd ) , امروت m ( amrūt )
Vietnamese: ổi (vi)
Welsh: gwafa
Wolof: guyaab (wo)
Yonaguni: バンシル ( baŋshiru )
Zulu: ugwava (zu) class 1a /2a
References
^ Granberry, Julian, Vescelius, Gary (2004 ) Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles , Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN , page 113
Finnish
Etymology
From English guava .
Pronunciation
Noun
guava
guava
Declension
Further reading
Japanese
Romanization
guava
Rōmaji transcription of グアヴァ