Monday, May 14, 2007

24.Chakku Palam>Jack Fruit

Small update on Jack fruit (posting No 20).

Dundiraj mentioned in his Kannada column in ‘Vijaya Karnataka’ that the English word ‘Jack fruit’ is derived from the Malayalam word ‘Chakku palam’.

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2 comments:

  1. VM WeberMay 14, 2007 at 12:06 PM

    I never heard my folks calling it 'jakku'. The name is 'chakka'. Also, wikipedia article confirms that. But you never know :-).

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  2. Ravindra MundkurJune 5, 2007 at 7:41 AM

    Yes, it must be 'chakka' or 'chakku palam' not jakku palam. Kooja chakku apparently refers to 'tuluve'(soft,mushy) kind of pelakkai.

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