TRY-ti-kum or TRIT-e-kum -- Latin name for the wheat used in bread making ... Dave's Botanary
EE-stiv-um -- of summer ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: wheat • Angika: गेहूँ gehun • Arabic: بُرّ burr, قمح gamh, حِنْطَة hinta • Assamese: ঘেঁহু ghenhu, গোধুম godhum, গম gom • Awadhi: गोहूँ gohun • Bengali: গোধূম godhuma, গম gom • Bhojpuri: गोहूँ gohun • Bodo: मैदा mwida • Dimasa: gom • Dogri: कनक kanak • Garo: gom • Gujarati: ઘઉં ghaun • Hindi: भूजम्बू bhujambu, गेहूँ gehun, गोधूम godhum, सुमन suman • Kannada: ಗೋಧಿ godhi, ಗೋಧೂಮ godhuma • Kashmiri: गोधूमः godhumah, गुयु guyu, कनख् kanakh • Khasi: u kew • Konkani: गोंवु gonvu • Ladakhi: tochan • Maithili: गहूँ gahun • Malayalam: ഗോധൂമം godhumam, ഗോതമ്പ് gothampu • Manipuri: গেহূঁ gehun • Marathi: गहूं gahum, गोधूम godhuma • Mundari: गोहूम gohum • Nagamese: ghehu • Nepali: गहुँ gahun • Odia: ବହୁଦୁଗ୍ଧ bahu dugdha, ଗହମ gahama, ଗହୁଁ gahun, ଗନ୍ଧବିହ୍ୱଳ gandhabihwala, ଗୋଧୂମ godhuma, ଯବନ jabana, ପ୍ରବଟ prabata, ରସାଳ rasala, ସିତ ଶିମ୍ବିକ sita simbika, ସୁମନ sumana, ତ୍ରିପୁଷ tripusha • Pali: गोधूम godhuma • Persian: گندم gandum • Prakrit: गोहूम gohuma • Punjabi: ਦਰੋ daro, ਦੋ do, ਕਣਕ kanak • Sanskrit: अपूप apupa, बहुदुग्ध bahudugdha, भूजम्बू bhujambu, गन्धविह्वल gandhavihvala, गोधूम godhuma, गोरक्षजम्बू goraksajambu, निस्तुषक्षीर nistusakshira, निस्तुषक्षीरिन् nistusakshirin, प्रवट pravata, रसाल rasala, सुमन sumana, यवन yavana • Santali: ᱜᱩᱦᱩᱢ guhum • Sindhi: بُرَّ bura, ڳيهون gehun, ڪَڻِڪَ kanrika, ڪَڻڪوُن kanrkoun • Tamil: அலரி alari, இரசாலம் iracalam, கோதுமை kotumai, மிலேச்சாசம் mileccacam, தானியராசன் taniya-racan, துரங்கப்பிரியம் turanka-p-piriyam • Telugu: గోధుమ godhuma • Tibetan: གྲོ། gro • Tulu: ಗೋಧಿ godhi • Urdu: بهوجمبو bhujambu, گيہون gehun, گودهوم godhum, گوهون gohun, پمن pamman, سمن suman
botanical names: Triticum aestivum L. ... homotypic synonyms: Triticum vulgare Vill. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 02 December 2024
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
wheat
- Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
- specifically: bread wheat, common wheat ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ ANGIKA ~~~~~
written in: historically Anga Lipi, later Kaithi, presently Devanagari (अंगिका) ... spoken in: Bihar, Jharkhand ... other names for this language: Anga, Angikar, Chhika-Chhiki
गेहूँ gehun
- विकिपीडिया - एगो मुक्त विश्वकोश ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
written in: Arabic (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ... Wikipedia
قمح gamh
- ويكيبيديا - الموسوعة الحرة ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
- Wiktionary - the free dictionary ... or قَمْح qamh
بُرّ burr, حِنْطَة hinta
- Wiktionary - the free dictionary
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
ঘেঁহু ghenhu, গোধুম godhum, গম gom
- XOBDO - A 'descriptive dictionary' of the languages of the North-East India, developed and maintained by community-collaboration
~~~~~ AWADHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (अवधी/औधी), Perso-Arabic, Latin-Roman ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh ... other names for this language: Audhi
गोहूँ gohun
- विकिपीडिया - एक्ठु खुला ज्ञानभंडार ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
গোধূম godhuma (or গোধুম godhuma)
- বাংলা অভিধান (Bengali Dictionary)
গম gom
- XOBDO - A 'descriptive dictionary' of the languages of the North-East India, developed and maintained by community-collaboration
- উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (भोजपुरी) ... spoken in: eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northwestern Jharkhand
गोहूँ gohun
- or गेहूँ gehun ... विकिपीडिया - एगो मुक्त ज्ञानकोष ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
मैदा mwida
- XOBDO - A 'descriptive dictionary' of the languages of the North-East India, developed and maintained by community-collaboration
~~~~~ DIMASA ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Hill Kachari
gom
- XOBDO - A 'descriptive dictionary' of the languages of the North-East India, developed and maintained by community-collaboration
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
कनक kanak
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
gom
- XOBDO - A 'descriptive dictionary' of the languages of the North-East India, developed and maintained by community-collaboration
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ઘઉં ghaun
- for Triticum vulgare Vill. ... વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
- Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource
- વિકિપીડિયા - મુક્ત વિશ્વ જ્ઞાનકોશ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
गेहूँ gehun
- विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... or गेहूं gehun
- or गेहूं gehun or गोहूं gohun ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
भूजम्बू bhujambu, गोधूम godhum, सुमन suman
- A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಗೋಧಿ godhi
- ವಿಕಿಕೋಟ್ - ಒಂದು ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... or ಗೋದಿ godi
- or ಗೋದಿ godi ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
ಗೋಧೂಮ godhuma
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir ... other names for this language: Koshur
गोधूमः godhumah, गुयु guyu, कनख् kanakh
- A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
u kew
- XOBDO - A 'descriptive dictionary' of the languages of the North-East India, developed and maintained by community-collaboration
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
गोंवु gonvu
- Save My Language - Online Konkani Dictionary ... name variants: घोंवु ghonvu | घ्वोवु ghvovu | गोंवू gonvuu | गोवुं govun | गोवुं govun
~~~~~ LADAKHI ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan (ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་) ... spoken in: Ladakh
tochan
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
- Ahmad, Suheel & Singh, J. & Verma, D. (2015). Inventory of Important Fodder Plant Species of Ladakh Himalaya, India.
- the name needs to be rendered in native script
~~~~~ MAITHILI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मैथिली) ... spoken in: Bihar, Jharkhand
गहूँ gahun
- विकिपिडिया - एक मुक्त विश्वकोश ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ഗോധൂമം godhumam
- A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
ഗോതമ്പ് gothampu
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
গেহূঁ gehun
- Flowers of India, retrieved December 02, 2024
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
गहूं gahum
- A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
- or गहू gahu ... विकिपीडिया - मुक्त ज्ञानकोश ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
गोधूम godhuma
- A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
गोहूम gohum
- An introduction to the Mundari language by Babu Bakhal Das Haldar
~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Nagaland ... the Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples
ghehu
- XOBDO - A 'descriptive dictionary' of the languages of the North-East India, developed and maintained by community-collaboration
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
गहुँ gahun
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- or गहूँ gahun ... विकिपीडिया - एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ବହୁଦୁଗ୍ଧ bahu dugdha, ଗହମ gahama, ଗହୁଁ gahun, ଗନ୍ଧବିହ୍ୱଳ gandhabihwala, ଗୋଧୂମ godhuma (or ଗୋଧମ godhama), ଯବନ jabana, ପ୍ରବଟ prabata, ରସାଳ rasala, ସିତ ଶିମ୍ବିକ sita simbika, ସୁମନ sumana, ତ୍ରିପୁଷ tripusha
- Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism
गोधूम godhuma
- The Pali Text Society's Pali-English dictionary. Chipstead, 1921-1925.
~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
گندم gandum
- A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ PRAKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Brahmi, Devanagari (प्राकृत) ... used all over India by priests and scholars, though at a lesser scale than Sanskrit ... read more about Prakrit in Wikipedia - whether it is defined as a language OR a group of languages
गोहूम gohuma
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T. Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary, with Sanskrit equivalents, quotations and complete references. 1st ed. Calcutta : [Published by the author,] 1923-1928.
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਦਰੋ daro, ਦੋ do, ਕਣਕ kanak
- The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
अपूप apupa, बहुदुग्ध bahudugdha, भूजम्बू bhujambu (or भूजम्बु bhujambu), गन्धविह्वल gandhavihvala, गोधूम godhuma (or धूम dhuma), गोरक्षजम्बू goraksajambu, निस्तुषक्षीर nistusakshira, निस्तुषक्षीरिन् nistusakshirin, प्रवट pravata, रसाल rasala, सुमन sumana, यवन yavana
- Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱜᱩᱦᱩᱢ guhum
- ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
- A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~
written in: Perso-Arabic (سِنڌِي), Gujarati (સિંધી), Devanagari (सिन्धी) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
ڳيهون gehun
- सिन्धी-अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश - विक्षनरी - एक मुक्त शब्दकोष ... Wiktionary - the free dictionary
بُرَّ bura, ڪَڻِڪَ kanrika, ڪَڻڪوُن kanrkoun
- A Sindhi-English dictionary by Parmanand Mewaram
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
அலரி alari, இரசாலம் iracalam, கோதுமை kotumai, மிலேச்சாசம் mileccacam, தானியராசன் taniya-racan, துரங்கப்பிரியம் turanka-p-piriyam
- Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
గోధుమ godhuma
- A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown ... or గోదుమ goduma
- వికీపీడియా - స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వమ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
གྲོ། gro
- ཝེ་ཁེ་རིག་མཛོད། - རང་དབང་གི་རིག་མཛོད་ཆེན་མོ། ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಗೋಧಿ godhi
- Tulu-English Dictionary (1886) by Rev. A. Männer ... or ಗೋದಿ godi
- ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ - ಒಂಜಿ ಸೊತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
بهوجمبو bhujambu, گيہون gehun, گودهوم godhum, گوهون gohun, سمن suman
- A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
introduced in India from West Asia; widely cultivated as food crop, mainly in Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
- Dictionary of Economic Plants in India by Umrao Singh, A M Wadhwani, B M Johri
- Kulshrestha, V. P. - History and Ethnobotany of wheat in India - Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée Year 1985 32 pp. 61-71
- Patil, D.A., Ahirrao, Y.A. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF GODHUMA (WHEAT): IN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE - IJRBAT, Issue (X) Vol (II) May 2022: 290-303
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.11; last update November 5th, 2024. Last accessed 02/12/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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