glossary of indian fruits – here’s a handy glossary table with the english names and their hindi, tamil and marathi equivalents.
in english – in hindi and also in some regional languages
| english | hindi | tamil | marathi | konkani | other languages |
| apple | seb | applepazham | safarchand | ||
| avocado, butter fruit | makhanphal | venna pandu (in telugu) | |||
| banana | kela | vazhaipazham | kela | ||
| lychee | litchee | ||||
| coconut | nariyal | naral | naal | khopru (in gujarati) | |
| custard apple | sitaphal | seethapazham | |||
| dry plums | aloo bukhara | ||||
| figs | anjeer | athipazham | |||
| jack fruit | kathal, katahal | palapazham, chakka in malayalam | phanas | phanas | |
| black plum, java plum | jamun | jambul | |||
| indian goose berry | amla | nellikai, nelli in malayalam | avala, awla | avla | raj nellikai (kannada) |
| grapes | angur, angoor | dratchai | |||
| guava | amrud | koiya | peru | ||
| kiwi fruit | |||||
| mango (ripe) | aam | mampazham, mampalam | amba | ambe | |
| mango (unripe) | kairi | ambli | |||
| mulberry | shahatut | ||||
| musk melon | kharabuja | mulampazham | chibud | ||
| orange | santara, narangi | naaram | narangi | ||
| papaya | papita | papali pazham | papai | ||
| pear | nashpati | berikkai | |||
| pineapple | annanas | annachi | annanas | ||
| pomegranate | anar | madhulam pazham | dalimb | ||
| sapota | chikku | sapota pazham | chikku | ||
| mulberry | shahtoot | ||||
| sweet lemon | mausami | mosambi | |||
| star fruit | kamarakh (in gujarati) | ||||
| watermelon | tarabooj | kalingad |
if you know the name of any fruit in any regional indian language and want to update it in this post, then do leave it in the comment section and we will update the post.
if we have missed any fruit, then also you can let us know. thanks in advance.
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Grapes are called draksha in Marathi. Can you add that please? Also I would like to add that I am a huge fan of your recipies n this website in general.
thank you aishwarya. i need to rework on this posts, but not getting time. when i rework, i will add the names which all readers have suggested. thanks again.
Shatoot.this black color fruit quite common in punjab. May b called some berry. Could u find it exact name in english
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barry, its called mulberry.
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thanks neetu