ફણસ
phaṇas
The English word "jackfruit" is ફણસ (phaṇas) in Gujarati.
ફણસ refers to the jackfruit fruit.
Meaning: the fruit (noun)
Is it said differently in some regions?
In the Saurashtra region, the term ફણસો is used for jackfruit.
How do you pronounce it?
phaṇas
Did you know?
- Although ફણસ is a Gujarati word, its ultimate origin is not from the Indo-Aryan family but from Proto-Dravidian, the ancestor of languages like Tamil and Kannada.
- Gujarati cuisine distinguishes between the fruit based on ripeness, using ફણસ for both, but treating the unripe version as a vegetable and the ripe version as a dessert.
Examples in context
- મને ફણસ બહુ ભાવે છે.mane phaṇasa bahu bhāve che.I like jackfruit very much.
- શું તમે ફણસ ખાશો?shu tame phaṇasa khāsho?Will you eat jackfruit?
Example conversation
Niya and Nilay are discussing fruit at a market.
- નિયા Niyaનિલય, જુઓ આ ફણસ કેટલું મોટું છે!Nilay, juo ā phaṇasa keṭlu moṭu che!Nilay, look how big this jackfruit is!
- નિલય Nilayહા નિયા, તે ખૂબ સરસ લાગે છે.hā Niya, te khub saras lāge che.Yes Niya, it looks very good.
- નિયા Niyaશું આપણે ફણસ ખરીદી લઈએ?shu apṇe phaṇasa kharīdī laīe?Should we buy some jackfruit?
- નિલય Nilayહા, ચોક્કસ ખરીદીએ.hā, chokkas kharīdīe.Yes, let's definitely buy it.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “jackfruit” translations and entries ફણસ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ફણસ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
