Etymology

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Hindi इलायची ← Urdu اِلائِچی ← Proto-South Dravidian *ēlVkkāy
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The story

  1. Proto-South Dravidian · derived from*ēlVkkāy
  2. Urdu · borrowed fromاِلائِچی
  3. Hindi · borrowed fromइलायची
  4. English todayelaichi

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi इलायची (ilāycī) / Urdu اِلائِچی (ilāicī)), from Middle Hindi, from Old Hindi, from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Prakrit, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *ēlVkkāy. Related to Sanskrit एलीका (elīkā), Classical Persian هیل (hēl).

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