*Allium cepa* L. [image: Allium cepa L.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136581921>
*AL-ee-um* -- Latin name for garlic ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Allium> *KEP-uh* -- onion ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=cepa> *commonly known as*: onion • *Adi*: aying talab, piyaj • *Ahom*: প্ল-কাত-নাম pl-kat-nam • *Apatani*: byaku • *Arabic*: بصل basal • *Assamese*: পিয়াঁজ piyaj, পনৰু ponoru, তীক্ষ্নকন্দ tikhnokondo • *Awadhi*: पियाज piyaj • *Bengali*: পলাণ্ডু palandu, পিঁয়াজ pimyaja • *Bhojpuri*: पियाज piyaj • *Bodo*: सामब्राम गोजा sambram gwja • *Dimasa*: samprang • *Dogri*: गंढा gandha, प्याज pyaaz • *Gujarati*: ડુંગળી dungali, કાંદો kando • *Haryanvi*: पियाज़ piyaz • *Hindi*: कांदा kanda, पलाण्डु palandu, प्याज़ pyaz • *Hmar*: purunsen • *Kachchhi*: ડુંગરી dungari • *Kannada*: ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ eerulli, ನೀರುಳ್ಳಿ neerulli, ಉಳ್ಳಿಗೆಡ್ಡೆ ulligedde • *Karbi*: harsun • *Kashmiri*: گنٛڈٕ gand • *Khasi*: piat • *Konkani*: कांदो kamdo, पियाव piyav • *Maithili*: पिआउज piauj • *Malayalam*: ഉള്ളി ulli • *Manipuri*: ꯇꯤꯜꯍꯧ tilhou • *Marathi*: कांदा kanda, कंदर्प kandarpa, पलांडू palandu • *Mishing*: দিঃলাব্ dihlab • *Mizo*: pu-rûn • *Mundari*: प्याज pyaaj • *Nagamese*: piaz • *Nepali*: प्याज pyaaj • *Odia*: ପଲାଣ୍ଡୁ palandu, ପିଆଜ piaja • *Persian*: پياز piyaz • *Punjabi*: ਗੰਢਾ gandha, ਪਿਆਜ piaj • *Rabha*: ৰায়ছুং raysung • *Rajasthani*: कांदौ kaandau, प्याज pyaaj • *Sanskrit*: पलाण्डु palandu, सुकन्दक sukandaka • *Santali*: ᱯᱮᱭᱟᱡᱽ peyaz • *Sindhi*: پِئازُ pieazu • *Singpho*: shakau khyeng • *Tai Phake*: po lo • *Tamil*: உள்ளி ulli, வெங்காயம் venkayam • *Tangkhul*: tarui • *Telugu*: నీరుల్లి nirulli • *Tibetan*: སྒོག་བཙོང sgog-btsong • *Tulu*: ನೀರುಳ್ಳಿ neerulli • *Turung*: shakau • *Urdu*: کاندا kanda, پلانڐو palandu *botanical names*: *Allium cepa* L. ... *synonyms* and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 12 December 2025 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *onion* - Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas). *A dictionary, Marathi and English*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> 2d ed., rev. and enl. Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's press, 1857. ~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~ written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* *aying talab, piyaj* - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 15 December 2025 ~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~ written in: *Ahom*, Assamese ... mainly used by priests and scholars for religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile *Ahom kingdom* (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this language: Tai-Ahom *প্ল-কাত-নাম pl-kat-nam* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ APATANI ~~~~~ written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* ... other names for this language: Apa Tani, Tanw *byaku* - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 15 December 2025 ~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~ written in: *Arabic* (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ... Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabs_in_India> *بصل basal* - Shakespear, John. *A dictionary, Hindustani and English*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/shakespear/> 3rd ed., much enl. London: Printed for the author by J.L. Cox and Son ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya *পিয়াঁজ piyaj, পনৰু ponoru, তীক্ষ্নকন্দ tikhnokondo* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ AWADHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (अवधी/औधी), Perso-Arabic, Latin-Roman ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh* ... other names for this language: Audhi *पियाज piyaj* - विकिपीडिया - एक्ठु खुला ज्ञानभंडार <https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *পলাণ্ডু palandu, পিঁয়াজ pimyaja (or পিয়াজ piyaja / পেয়াজ peyaja)* - Bhattacarya, Subhasha. *Samsada Bangala uccarana abhidhana*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/bhattacharya/> 2nd ed. Kalikata : Sahitya Samsad, 2003. - BENGAL PLANTS <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47849/page/n5/mode/2up> VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID ~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (भोजपुरी) ... spoken in: eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northwestern Jharkhand *पियाज piyaj* - विकिपीडिया - एगो मुक्त ज्ञानकोष <https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* or Latin ... spoken in: *Assam* ... other names for this language: Boro *सामब्राम गोजा sambram gwja* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ DIMASA ~~~~~ written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: *Assam*, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Hill Kachari *samprang* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... spoken by the Dogras *गंढा gandha, प्याज pyaaz* - KHANDBAHALE.COM <https://www.khandbahale.com/language/dogri-dictionary-translation-meaning-of-Onion> - digital platform for multilingualism ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *ડુંગળી dungali* - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) *કાંદો kando* - Amar Shri Ratilal P. Chandaria's Gujarati Lexicon <https://www.gujaratilexicon.com/dictionary/gujarati-to-english-translation/%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%8B*/> - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource ~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: *Haryana*, Delhi *पियाज़ piyaz* - Department of Bio Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University (2002) - Medicinal plants of some districts of Haryana an ethnobotanical survey :: Chapter 4 <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/113970> - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *कांदा kanda, पलाण्डु palandu* - Platts, John T. (John Thompson). *A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884. - or काँदा kanda ... McGregor, R. S. *The Oxford Hindi-English dictionary*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/mcgregor/> Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993. *प्याज़ pyaz* - Mahendra Caturvedi. *A practical Hindi-English dictionary*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/caturvedi/> Delhi: National Publishing House, 1970. ~~~~~ HMAR ~~~~~ written in: *Roman (Hmar Hawrawp)* ... spoken in: *Mizoram*, Manipur, Assam, Tripura, and Meghalaya *purunsen* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch* region of Gujarat *ડુંગરી dungari* - Patel, Yatin & Patel, Rohitkumar & Pankaj, Joshi & Dabgar, Yogesh. (2011). Study of the Angiospermic flora of Kachchh district, Gujarat, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236020734_Study_of_the_Angiospermic_flora_of_Kachchh_district_Gujarat_India> Life Sciences Leaflets. 19. 739-768. ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ eerulli, ನೀರುಳ್ಳಿ neerulli, ಉಳ್ಳಿಗೆಡ್ಡೆ ulligedde* - Five Hundred Indian Plants <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf> by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus <https://alar.ink/> created by V. Krishna ~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~ written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng *harsun* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~ written in: *Koshur* (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), *Devanagari* (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: *Kashmir* ... other names for this language: Koshur *گنٛڈٕ gand* - KHANDBAHALE.COM <https://www.khandbahale.com/language/kashmiri-dictionary-translation-meaning-of-Onion> - digital platform for multilingualism ~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~ written in: *Latin* (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Meghalaya*, Assam *piat* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat *कांदो kamdo, पियाव piyav* - V D Vartak (1966) - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/153789> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET - Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. <https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Flora_de_Goa_e_Savantvadi/94dIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en> Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. - or ಪಿಯಾವು piyavu ... Five Hundred Indian Plants <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf> by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore ~~~~~ MAITHILI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मैथिली) ... spoken in: *Bihar, Jharkhand* *पिआउज piauj* - विकिपिडिया - एक मुक्त विश्वकोश <https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%9C> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *ഉള്ളി ulli* - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ written in: *Meiteilon* (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Manipur* ... other names for this language: Meetei *ꯇꯤꯜꯍꯧ tilhou* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Onion.html>, retrieved December 15, 2025 - Sharma, H. Surmangol. Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/sharma/> Imphal : Sangam Book Store, 2006. - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *कांदा kanda, कंदर्प kandarpa, पलांडू palandu* - Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas). *A dictionary, Marathi and English*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> 2d ed., rev. and enl. Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's press, 1857. ... कृष्णावळ krushnaval = an humorous term for an onion, because opening vertically it presents the form of शंख, opening transversely, that of चक्र — the conch and discus appropriate to कृष्ण i.e. विष्णु ~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~ written in: Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: Mising, Plains Miri *দিঃলাব্ dihlab* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ written in: *Latin*, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Mizoram* ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian *pu-rûn* - Lorrain, J. Herbert (James Herbert) *Dictionary of the Lushai language* . <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/lorrain/> Calcutta : Asiatic Society, 1940. (Bibliotheca Indica, 261) - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~ written in: *Mundari Bani*, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: *Jharkhand*, Odisha *प्याज pyaaj* - Let's Learn Mundari - Vegetables Name in Mundari <https://mundariversity.com/vegetables-name-in-mundari/> - Mundariversity: Online Academy For Mundari Language and Culture ~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~ written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Nagaland* ... the Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples *piaz (or piyaz)* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, *Assam*, *Sikkim* *प्याज pyaaj* - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... eFloraofIndia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/uB3t1wm9eXs/m/V9QSyGRHBAAJ> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *ପଲାଣ୍ଡୁ palandu, ପିଆଜ piaja (or ପିୟାଜ piyaja)* - Praharaj, G.C. *Pūrṇṇachandra Orḍiā bhāshākosha: a lexicon of the Oriya language*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> Cuttack: Utkal Sahitya Press, 1931-1940. ~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~ written in: *Farsi* (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar *پياز piyaz* - Platts, John T. (John Thompson). *A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884. ~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ written in: *Gurmukhi* (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: *Punjab* *ਗੰਢਾ gandha, ਪਿਆਜ piaj* - Singh, Maya. *The Panjabi dictionary*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/singh/> Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh & Sons, 1895. ~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~ written in: *Assamese* (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya *ৰায়ছুং raysung* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* *कांदौ kaandau, प्याज pyaaj* - Lāḷasa, Sītārāṃma. *Rājasthānnī sabada kosa : Rājasthānī Hindī vr̥had kośa*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/lalasa-2nd/> Dvitīya saṃskaraṇa. Caupāsānī, Jodhapura, Rāja. : [Rājasthānī Śodha Saṃsthāna], Upa Samiti, Rājasthānī Śabda Kośa : Caupāsānī Śikshā Samiti, 2013. ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars *पलाण्डु palandu, सुकन्दक sukandaka* - Learn Sanskrit <https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=onion&dir=es> - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः ~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~ written in: *Ol Chiki* (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: *Jharkhand*, *West Bengal*, Odisha *ᱯᱮᱭᱟᱡᱽ peyaz* - ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ <https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%AC_%E1%B1%A7%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A2_%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%AE_%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%AE_%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A3%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9C_%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia - A Santali-English dictionary <https://archive.org/details/cu31924096339464/page/n495/mode/2up?q=Allium> by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission ~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~ written in: *Perso-Arabic* (سِنڌِي), Gujarati (સિંધી), Devanagari (सिन्धी) ... spoken in: *Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan* *پِئازُ pieazu* - Parmanand Mewaram. *A Sindhi-English dictionary*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/mewaram/> Hyderabad, Sind : The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, 1910. ~~~~~ SINGPHO ~~~~~ written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh, Assam* ... spoken by: Singpho people *shakau khyeng* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ TAI PHAKE ~~~~~ written in: *Lik-Tai* (တႝၸႃကေ) ... spoken in: *Buri Dihing valley* of Assam ... other names for this language: Phake ... spoken by: Tai Phake people *po lo* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources - the name needs to be rendered in native script ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *உள்ளி ulli (or ஈருள்ளி irulli), வெங்காயம் venkayam* - University of Madras. *Tamil lexicon*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras, 1924-1936. ~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~ written in: *Latin*, Meitei (ꯇꯥꯡꯈꯨꯜ) ... spoken in: *Manipur*, Nagaland ... spoken by: Tangkhul people *tarui* - S. Salam, P.K. Singh 1 and N.S. Jamir - Kitchen garden plants of Tangkhul tribe in Ukhrul District, Manipur, India <http://pleione.ehsst.org/journals/Pleione52/011%20Kitchen%20garden%20plants%20of%20Tangkhul%20tribe%20in%20Ukhrul%20District%20Manipur.pdf> - Pleione 5(2): 280 - 285. 2011. - Sumitra Salam (2013) - Ethnobotanical study of the Tangkhul Naga tribe in Ukhrul district, Manipur state :: Chapter 4 <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/55908> - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *నీరుల్లి nirulli* - Flora Andhrika <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Allium+cepa> - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India - Brown, Charles Philip. *A Telugu-English dictionary*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/brown/> 2nd ed. Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1903. ~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~ written in: *Tibetan* ... spoken in: *Tibet*, *Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh*, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan *སྒོག་བཙོང sgog-btsong* - A Glossary of Tibetan Medicinal Plants <http://molvray.com/ebooks/ebooks-mss/academic-mm/A_Glossary_of_Tibetan_Medicinal_Plants__MMolvray.pdf> by Mia MoIvray - a publication for the study of Tibetan Medicine published by the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala *ನೀರುಳ್ಳಿ neerulli* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka :: Chapter 4 <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/41951> - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET - Five Hundred Indian Plants <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf> by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore ~~~~~ TURUNG ~~~~~ written in: Eastern Nagari, Latin ... spoken in: *Assam* ... spoken by: Turung people or Tai Turung *shakau* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/allium%20cepa> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka *کاندا kanda, پلانڐو palandu* - Platts, John T. (John Thompson). *A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English*. <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884. ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ only cultivated, almost throughout mainland and islands, except north-eastern states - TODKARI G.U., BARAKADE A.J., and LOKHANDE T.N. "ECONOMICS OF ONION CULTIVATION AND ITS MARKETING PATTERN IN SATARA DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA. <http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/0975-3710.3.3.110-117>" *International Journal of Agriculture Sciences* 3, no. 3 (2011):110-117. ~~~~~ Created on: 19:53 12-12-2025 ¦ Last updated: 12:45 16-12-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/12/allium-cepa-l.html Regards. Dinesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC3qu2p5oddJ2fRA8Fu3FJDANsKep7xu%2B%3D1bir1GgOeCrQ%40mail.gmail.com.
