areca

Meaning

areca; betel palm (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm)

Concepts

areca

betel palm

Synonyms

arequeira

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈɾɛ.kɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam: അടയ്ക്ക

Borrowed from Tamil: அடைக்காய்

In summary

Borrowed from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka) / Tamil அடைக்காய் (aṭaikkāy), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭaykkāy (“areca nut”).