Etymology

rasavalli

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Today it means: A tropical plant of the species Dioscorea alata, cultivated for its edible root. Full definition →

Tamil இராசவள்ளி ← Sanskrit रस
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromरस“juice, essence”
  2. Tamil · borrowed fromஇராசவள்ளி
  3. English todayrasavalli

Borrowed from Tamil இராசவள்ளி (irācavaḷḷi), ultimately from Sanskrit रस (rasa, “juice, essence”) + native Tamil வள்ளி (vaḷḷi, “climber, creeper”).

Words from the same roots

Sanskritरस all →

rasam

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