आम آم ♣ Eng. maraschino

आम آم ♣ Eng. maraschino

[ām], m. the mango tree, and its fruit.

[◀MIA: Pk. aṁba-, °aya- m. ‘mango tree, Mangifera indica’, n. ‘its fruit’, aṁbira- n.; Pa. amba- m. ‘the tree’, n. ‘its fruit’ ◀OIA āmrá- m. ‘mango tree, Mangifera indica’ MBh., n. ‘its fruit’ ŚBr. <amlá- ‘sour, acid’ Mn., m. ‘acidity, vinegar, wood sorrel’, n. ‘sour curds’ Suśr., āmla- n. ‘sourness’ lex. ◀PIE *om- ‘raw, bitter’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. maraschino ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0079; (Turner, 1966) 1268, 579; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 074; (MW, 1899) 0147, 0084; (Pokorny, 1959) 0777; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.171, 3.012