Pigeon pea

The pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae. Since its domestication in India at least 3,500 years ago, its seeds have become a common food grain in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It is consumed in a large scale mainly in south Asia and is a major source of protein for the population of that subcontinent

Common names

The pigeon pea is known by numerous names with different etymologies

In the languages of India

  • tubarika (तुबरिका) in Sanskrit
  • thuvaram paruppu (துவரம் பருப்பு) in Tamil
  • thuvara parippu (തുവരപ്പരിപ്പ്) in Malayalam
  • togari bele (ತೊಗರಿ ಬೇಳೆ) in Kannada
  • tuver' (તુવેર) in Gujarati
  • toor Dal (तूर डाळ) in Marathi
  • toor dal (तूर दाल) or arhar dal (अरहर दाल), two equally popular names in Hindi. The original word in Hindi and other northern / eastern languages is arhar, but the southern toor has been widely accepted over the past century or so.
  • orhor dal (অড়হর ডাল) in the Bengali language
  • rohor dail (ৰহৰ দাইল) in Assamese
  • harada dali in the Odia language
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