Etymology
The word "chutney" is derived from the Sanskrit word caṭnī, meaning to lick. The first Chutneys that arrived in India would have been sticky fruit based preseves, Sugar although available in India was not widely cultivated and Honey would have been used to sweeten dishes, this leading to the Chutneys being used as more of a dipping sauce rather than a Condiment. It is written differently in several Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages (Gujarati: ચટણી, Marathi: चटणी, Tamil: காரத் துவையல் karathuvaiyal, Kannada: ಚಟ್ನಿ, Hindi: चटनी, Urdu: چٹنی, Malayalam: ചമ്മന്തി, Telugu: పచ్చడి, Bengali :চাটনী).
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