How to Say "Potato" in Telugu

బంగాళాదుంప

baṅgāḷādumpa

In Telugu, potato is బంగాళాదుంప (baṅgāḷādumpa). Wiktionary also lists ఆలుగడ్డ (ālugaḍḍa) and ఉర్లగడ్డ (urlagaḍḍa).

Meaning: plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable (noun)

Ways to say it

The word refers to the starchy plant tuber eaten as a vegetable.

The term బంగాళాదుంప is a compound of baṅgāḷā, meaning Bengal and dumpa, meaning tuber or root vegetable.

బంగాళాదుంప is the standard term used in textbooks and formal speech. In contrast, ālugaḍḍa and urlagaḍḍa are more common in everyday spoken Telugu.

urlagaḍḍa is a common synonym used interchangeably with ālugaḍḍa across many Telugu-speaking regions.

baṅgāḷādumpa

The term బంగాళాదుంప reveals that potatoes were introduced to South India via Bengal, as the word literally means 'Bengal tuber'.
The adjective hidden within ఉర్లగడ్డ is ఉర్ల, which carries the specific meaning of 'crumbling', describing the texture of the tuber.
While you might use the formal బంగాళాదుంప in a classroom, using it at a local vegetable market might actually make you sound a bit overly dramatic or out of place.

Example sentences for Telugu are not verified yet.

Kavya and Kiran are discussing what to cook for dinner.

కావ్య Kavya

కిరణ్, మనం బంగాళాదుంపతో ఏదైనా వండుదామా?
kiṟaṇ, manaṃ baṅgālādupamtō ēdainā vaṇḍudāmā?
Kiran, shall we cook something with potato?
కిరణ్ Kiran

సరే కావ్య, బంగాళాదుంప వేపుడు చేద్దాం.
sarē kāvya, baṅgālādupim vēpuḍu chēddām.
Okay Kavya, let's make a potato fry.
కావ్య Kavya

నీ దగ్గర బంగాళాదుంపలు ఉన్నాయా?
nī daggara baṅgālādupimulu unnāyā?
Do you have potatoes with you?
కిరణ్ Kiran

అవును, నా దగ్గర ఉన్నాయి.
avunu, nā daggara unnāyi.
Yes, I have them with me.

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