Areca Nut - Vernacular Names

Vernacular Names

• Sanskrit: Poogi phalam
• Sindhi:Sopari
• Are Are: Ota.
• Nepali: (सुपारी), "Supari"
• Assamese: Guwa (গুৱা) or Tamol (তামোল).
• Bengali: Supari (সুপারি).
• Burmese: ကွမ်းသီး, (areca nut) or ကွမ်းယာ, (betel nut)
• Dzongkha: Doma.
• Chamorro (Guam): Pugua (areca nut), pupulu (betel), åfok (lime), måmå'on (the chewing or the preparation).
• Chinese: 槟榔 (pinyin: Bīnláng) .
• Divehi (Maldives): Fōh (Foah) or Fuvah (areca nut), bileiy (betel), huni (lime), dhu'fuň (the chewing or the preparation).
• Guadalcanal: Bua.
• Gujarati: Sopari (સોપારી).
• Punjabi: Suupaari (ਸੁਪਾਰੀ).
• Hindi: Supārī (सुपारी), "Kasaili"
• Indonesian: Pinang. (Sirih is basically the betel leaf).
• Javanese: Jambe.
• Khasi: Kwai.
• Kannada: Adike(ಅಡಿಕೆ), Kangu(ಕಂಗು)
• Kapampangan: Lúyus (areca nut), Samat (betel leaf), Ápî (lime), Mamâ-n (the chewing)
• Khmer: Klàa or Slàa
• Konkani: फोप्पळ (popphaL)
• Lao: Màak or Mark (ໝາກ)
• Malay: Pinang
• Malayalam: Adakka (അടക്ക)
• Marathi: Supari (सुपारी).
• Meiteilon - Manipuri: Kwa
• Memoni: Sopari
• Mizo: Kuhva
• Mon: Sōd (သတ်)
• Motu: Buatau.
• Mranao: Bamaan.
• Oriya: Gua.
• Nanggu: Kertu (areca nut), pwe (betel), ndo (lime).
• Raga (North Pentecost): Niniu.
• Palau (Micronesia): Buuch.
• Tok Pisin: Buai (areca nut), kambang (lime).
• Sinhala: Puwak (පුවක්) and Karunka (කරුංකා) (dried and peeled).
• Tagalog: Bunga, Tempak Siri or Nga Nga.
• Taiwan: Chinese: 檳榔, pronounced pin-nn̂g in Hokkien.
• Tamil: Paakku (பாக்கு)
• Telugu: Poka, vakka
• Tetum: Bua (areca nut), malus (betel), ahu (lime), mama (the chewing or the preparation).
• Thai: Mahk (areca nut), plue (betel).
• Tokodede: Buo (areca nut), malu (betel), rapo (lime), mam (the chewing or the preparation).
• Tulu:Bajjai.
• Urdu : Chalia Supari
• Yap (Micronesia): Buw (areca nut), waech (lime), gabuy (betel leaf), langad (preparation).
• Vietnamese: Cau (areca nut), Trầu (betel).

Places like Guwahati (গুৱাহটী) in Assam (অসম), Penang in Malaysia, Ko Mak (เกาะหมาก) in Thailand and Fua Mulaku in Maldives have been named after the areca nut.