रताळे

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रक्तालु (raktālu) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Gujarati રતાળુ (ratāḷu), Hindustani رَتَالُو (ratālū) / रतालू (ratālū), Sindhi رَتالُو / रतालू, Punjabi ਰਤਾਲੂ (ratālū) / رَتالُو (ratālū), Maithili रतारु (ratārʉ) / 𑒩𑒞𑒰𑒩𑒳 (ratāru).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /ɾə.t̪a.ɭ̆e/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɾə.t̪a.ɭ̆ə/

Noun

रताळे • (ratāḷe) n

1. sweet potato

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “रताळे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 124.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रताळी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 683
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “रताळूं,+रताळें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2587.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “raktālu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 610