आलु

Borrowed from Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.luː/,

आलु • (ālu) m (Urdu spelling آلو)

1. Alternative spelling of आलू (ālū)

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: आलु

आलु • (ālu)

1. potato
2. zero, jack

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key):

आलु • (ālu) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐁𑐮𑐸)

1. plastic

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.l̪u/

Of unclear origin. Has been compared to Latin alvus (“belly, bowels”) and Lithuanian eldijà (“canoe”).

आलु • (ālu) stem, f

1. a pitcher, a small water jar

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil ஆர் (ār, “common mountain ebony”) and ஆரம் (āram, “sandalwood”).

आलु • (ālu) stem, m

1. ebony, black ebony

Of uncertain origin. Has been suggested to derive from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HaHlu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHlu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHlu (“edible root”), and thus be cognate with Latin ālium (“onion, garlic”). However, Mayrhofer considers this derivation unconvincing, perhaps due to the general principle of specific plant names usually being borrowed from local substrates rather than being inherited in Indo-European languages.

आलु • (ālu) stem, n

1. an esculent root, elephant foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, syn. Arum campanulatum)
2. (neologism) potato

आलु • (ālu) stem, n

1. a raft, float

आलु • (ālu) stem, m

1. an owl

• Monier Williams (1899) “आलु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 154/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 25
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 80-1