Names of Plants in India: Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench

a-bel-MOS-kus -- from Arabic, abu-al-mosk - father (source) of musk ... Dave's Botanary
es-kew-LEN-tus -- edible ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: edible hibiscus, lady's finger, okra • Arabic: بَامِيَة bamiya • Assamese: ভেন্দি bhendi • Bengali: ঢেঁড়স dhenras • Gujarati: ભીંડો bhindo • Hindi: भिण्डी bhindi, ढेंड़स dhenras, रामतुरई ram-turai • Kannada: ಬೆಂಡೆಕಾಯಿ bendekayi • Konkani: भेंडे bhende • Malayalam: വെണ്ടയ്ക്ക ventaykka • Manipuri: belendri • Marathi: भेंडी bhendi, रामतुरई ramaturai • Mizo: bawrhsaia be • Nepali: भिण्डी bhindi, राम्-तोरियाँ ram-toriya • Odia: ଭେଣ୍ଡି bhenti • Punjabi: ਭੀਂਡੀ bhindi, ਰਾਮ ਤੋਰੀ ram tori • Rajasthani: भिंडी bhindi • Sanskrit: अस्रपत्त्रक asrapattraka, भिण्ड bhinda, चतुष्पुण्ड्रा chatushpundra, करपर्ण karaparna, क्षेत्रसम्भव kshetrasambhava, वृत्तबीज vrttabija • Santali: ᱨᱟᱢ ᱡᱷᱤᱝᱜᱟᱹ Ram jhinga • Sindhi: ڀيِنڊيِ bhiindii • Tamil: வெண்டை ventai • Telugu: బెండ benda • Tulu: ಬೆಂಡೆ bende • Urdu: بهنڐي bhindi, ڐهينڙس dhenras, رام ترئي ram-turai

botanical names: Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench ... synonyms: Abelmoschus bammia Webb • Abelmoschus longifolius (Willd.) Kostel. • Abelmoschus officinalis (DC.) Endl. • Abelmoschus praecox Sickenb. • Abelmoschus tuberculatus Pal & Singh • Abelmoschus tuberculatus var. deltoidefolius T.K.Paul & M.P.Nayar • Hibiscus esculentus L. • Hibiscus longifolius Willd. ... status at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

edible hibiscus

Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

lady's finger

or ladies' fingers, Wikipedia

okra

or okro, ochro, Wikipedia
or esculent okra ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~

بَامِيَة bamiya

Wiktionary

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

ভেন্দি bhendi

English - Assamese dictionary online at Glosbe

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

ঢেঁড়স dhenras

Wikipedia

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

ભીંડો bhindo

Gujarati Lexicon

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

भिण्डी bhindi

A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

ढेंड़स dhenras

A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

रामतुरई ram-turai

A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಬೆಂಡೆಕಾಯಿ bendekayi

Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

भेंडे bhende

... my mother tongue

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

വെണ്ടയ്ക്ക ventaykka

Mashithantu | English Malayalam Dictionary
or just വെണ്ട venda ... Wikipedia • Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

belendri

Flowers of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

भेंडी bhendi

A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

रामतुरई ramaturai

A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

bawrhsaia be

for syn. Hibiscus esculentus L. ... Dictionary of the Lushai language by James Herbert Lorrain

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

भिण्डी bhindi

Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

राम्-तोरियाँ ram-toriya

Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ଭେଣ୍ଡି bhenti

for syn. Hibiscus esculentus L. ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

ਭੀਂਡੀ bhindi

or ਭਿੰਡੀ bhindi, for syn. Hibiscus esculentus L. ... The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

ਰਾਮ ਤੋਰੀ ram tori

or ਰਾਮ ਤੁਰਾਈ ram turai, The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

भिंडी bhindi

for okra ... Kali Mirch by Smita

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

अस्रपत्त्रक asrapattraka

Spoken Sanskrit

भिण्ड bhinda

or भेण्डा bhenda, भेण्डी bhendi, भेण्डीतक bhenditaka, भिण्डक bhindaka, भिण्डीतक bhinditaka, ...Spoken Sanskrit

चतुष्पुण्ड्रा chatushpundra

Spoken Sanskrit

करपर्ण karaparna

Spoken Sanskrit

क्षेत्रसम्भव kshetrasambhava

Spoken Sanskrit

वृत्तबीज vrttabija

Spoken Sanskrit

कस्तूरी kasturi

for syn. Hibiscus esculentus L. ... Spoken Sanskrit
this name shared with Amaryllis zeylanica L. [syn. of Crinum zeylanicum (L.) L.] ... विकिशब्दकोशः
... also कालकस्तूरी kalakasturi

~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

ᱨᱟᱢ ᱡᱷᱤᱝᱜᱟᱹ Ram jhinga

for syn. Hibiscus esculentus L. ... A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
Many thanks to Prasanta Hembram for help with the name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~

bhiindii ڀيِنڊيِ