köken: Inherited from Proto-Vietic *b-luː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ml(əw) (“betel”). Cognate with Bahnar bơlŏu, Mon ဇဗၠူ (həplùˀ) and Khmer ម្លូ (mluu).Compare Chinese 蔞 /蒌 (lâu). Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese blầu in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651). The formal name (tên chữ) of Phù Lưu village (扶留 (MC bju ljuw)) in Bắc Ninh, whose demotic name (tên Nôm) is Giầu, attests…
aile: miếng trầu là đầu câu chuyện, trầu cau, trầu không
paan (prepared areca nut and betel leaf) · betel (leaf and plant) · hearts
köken: From Sanskrit पान (pāna).
aile: ਪਾਨਵਾਈ
Marathiceविडा
Kannadaತಾಂಬೂಲ
Malayalamcaമുറുക്കാൻ
asপাণ
cmn檳榔 /槟榔
ibgmaman, ngengngoq
ilomama
ivvmamahen
Etimoloji
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth wide, gape; gaping; opening of a bubu fish trap, basket, etc.”), from Proto-Austronesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth”). Compare Malay nganga.