Many persons feel the problem of getting proper equivalent words for any grain in some other languages. This is my attempt to cover some of the grains in four different languages:
Tamil English Hindi Malayalam
Sombu Aniseed Saunf Parinjeerakam
Perunkayam Asafoetida Hing Kayam
Brinji elai Bay leaf Tej patha Karuvapatta
Thuvaram paruppu Red gram Thuvar dhal Thuvaram paruppa
Kadalai paruppu Bengal gram Chana dhal Kadala paruppa
Ullutham Paruppu Black gram Urad dhal Uzhunu paruppa
Payatham paruppu Green gram Mung dhal charu paruppa
Elakkai Cardamom Elaichi Elakaiya
Pattai Cinnamon Dal chini Patta
Krambu Cloves Lavang Kramba
Dhania Corrainder Dhania Kothambalari
Jeeram Cummin seeds Jeera Jeerakam
Karuvepilai Curry leaves Kati patha Karuveppala
Mendyam Fenugreek Mehthi Vendayam
Poondu Garlic Lasun Valathulli
Inji Ginger Adrak Inji
Kaduku Mustard Rai Kaduka
Jathikai Nutmeg Jaiphal Jathika
Milagu Pepper corns Kalimirch Kurmilaka
Kasa kasa Poppy seeds Khus khus Kasa kasa
Sivappu Milagai Red chillies Lal mirch Chuvanna milaku
Ellu Seasame Til Ella
Manjal Turmeric Haldi Manjal
Chef Nirmala
senthil
June 20, 2012 at 1:45 pm
Thank you your comments ,Tamil word ___kambu(grain) what’s the English word please reply me
swamiji
September 13, 2013 at 12:15 pm
BAAJARAA.
SWAMIJI.
suriyaprakash
June 4, 2014 at 4:09 pm
Pearl Millet
zoha imran
September 1, 2012 at 10:56 pm
thank’s for seeing a names of grains 🙂 🙂 em a student of class 4th 🙂 thank’s for given this page 🙂 🙂
Muthurajan
May 9, 2013 at 1:18 pm
kambu in engish is millet and in hindi is bajra
Venkata Ramani
June 6, 2014 at 12:41 pm
Thanks for the information
dhivyasowmiya
November 9, 2014 at 7:49 pm
it was more useful for us thankyou but pls add someother iteams
swarnadee rath
June 12, 2015 at 10:42 pm
thanks because it help me to complete my project