Betel - Vernacular Names

Vernacular Names

The betel leaf is known as Paan in Assamese/Hindi/Oriya/Bengali, and Tambula and Nagavalli in Sanskrit. Some of the names in the regions in which it is consumed are: Vetrilai (Tamil வெற்றிலை (vettrilai - வெற்ற (vettr, "variety") + இலை (ilai, “leaf”)),Tamalapaku (Telugu), Vidyache pan or "Naginiche paan"(Marathi), નાગરવેલ ના પાન or Naagarvel na paan (Gujarati), veeleyada yele (Kannada), Vettila (Malayalam), Plū (Mon), Malus (Tetum), Maluu (Khmer), Plū (Thai: พลู), Bulath (Sinhalese), Malu (Tokodede), Bileiy (Divehi), bulung samat (Kapampangan), daun sirih (Malaysian), daun sirih/suruh (Indonesian), Papulu (Chamorro), Ikmo (Philippines), Pu (ພູ) in Lao, and Trầu (Vietnamese), Gaweud/Gawed in (Kalinga).

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