English
suran
Suran comes from Hindi सूरन ‘elephant foot yam’, and goes back to Sanskrit सुरण.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसुरणsuraṇa
- Hindic. 1500–presentसूरनsūran‘elephant foot yam’
- Englishearliest quotation 1923suran
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसुरणsuraṇa
- Hindic. 1500–presentसूरनsūran‘elephant foot yam’
- Englishearliest quotation 1923suran
Earliest quotation: 1923, Journal of Indian Botany, Volume 2: “Almost all of us know this Suran plant and…”
Every English word from Sanskrit सुरण
Today it means
noun A tropical plant of the species Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, cultivated for its edible root.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit सुरण / suran