మెంతులు

See also: మూతులు, మాతలు, and మూతలు

Telugu

మెంతులు.

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *mentti +‎ -లు (-lu). Compare Kannada ಮೆಂತೆ (mente), Tulu ಮೆತ್ತೆ (mette), Tamil வெந்தயம் (ventayam), Sanskrit मेथिका (methikā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /men̪t̪ulu/

Noun

మెంతులు • (mentulu) ? (plural only)

the fenugreek seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum.

References

Brown-1903, Gwynn (2022) “మెంతి,+మెంతులు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]

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