aloon.

Brit.

/ˈaluː/, U.S.

/ˈɑlu/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1900s– aloo, 1900s– alu.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi ālū.

Etymology: < Hindi ālū kind of edible tuber, potato < Sanskrit ālu, āluka kind of edible root; of unknown origin. Perhaps compare Persian ālū plum, yam.

Originally and chiefly South Asian.

In South Asian cookery: a potato; a dish containing this. Cf. aloo chaat n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato

potato root1583

pratie1749

Murphy1750

tater1759

pomme de terre1776

Irish apricot1785

tatie1788

tattiec1800

spud1845

aloo1916

1832 G. A. Herklots tr. J. Sharîf Qanoon-e-Islam App. p. xxxviii Salūn..of Aloo..solanum tuberosum, Willd. or potatoe.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 10/2 Aloo... This word is now used in Hindustani and other dialects for the ‘potato’. The original Sanskrit is said to mean the esculent root Arum campanulatum.]

1916 R. V. Russell Tribes & Castes Central Provinces of India I. 340/1 Their [sc. the Alua's] forefathers grew the ālu or potato.

1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun i. 9 Days in the fields, evenings playing with the other children, roti and aloo in the night.

1971 Hindustan Times Weekly (New Delhi) 4 Apr. (Suppl.) p. iv/5 Have you ever tried mashing up leftover..aloo?

1986 A. Ghosh Circle of Reason i. i. 3 It's an alu, a potato, a huge, freshly dug, lumpy potato.

2004 I. McDonald River of Gods (2005) xxviii. 335 Unwanted newspapers lie scattered among the discarded mango-leaf bowls of aloo and dal on the concrete concourse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aloo
释义	aloon. Brit. /ˈaluː/, U.S. /ˈɑlu/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1900s– aloo, 1900s– alu. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi ālū. Etymology: < Hindi ālū kind of edible tuber, potato < Sanskrit ālu, āluka kind of edible root; of unknown origin. Perhaps compare Persian ālū plum, yam. Originally and chiefly South Asian. In South Asian cookery: a potato; a dish containing this. Cf. aloo chaat n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato potato root1583 pratie1749 Murphy1750 tater1759 pomme de terre1776 Irish apricot1785 tatie1788 tattiec1800 spud1845 aloo1916 1832 G. A. Herklots tr. J. Sharîf Qanoon-e-Islam App. p. xxxviii Salūn..of Aloo..solanum tuberosum, Willd. or potatoe. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 10/2 Aloo... This word is now used in Hindustani and other dialects for the ‘potato’. The original Sanskrit is said to mean the esculent root Arum campanulatum.] 1916 R. V. Russell Tribes & Castes Central Provinces of India I. 340/1 Their [sc. the Alua's] forefathers grew the ālu or potato. 1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun i. 9 Days in the fields, evenings playing with the other children, roti and aloo in the night. 1971 Hindustan Times Weekly (New Delhi) 4 Apr. (Suppl.) p. iv/5 Have you ever tried mashing up leftover..aloo? 1986 A. Ghosh Circle of Reason i. i. 3 It's an alu, a potato, a huge, freshly dug, lumpy potato. 2004 I. McDonald River of Gods (2005) xxviii. 335 Unwanted newspapers lie scattered among the discarded mango-leaf bowls of aloo and dal on the concrete concourse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1916
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