ashwagandha

English

Alternative forms

• ashwaganda, ashwaghanda, ashwaghandha

Etymology

Sanskrit अश्वगन्ध (aśvagandha, “horse’s smell”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌʃwəˈɡʌndə/

Noun

ashwagandha (uncountable)

1. Withania somnifera, a stout shrub that produces red berry-like fruit, native to India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Synonyms

• (Withania somnifera): Indian ginseng, winter cherry, poison gooseberry, ajagandha, kanaje hindi, samm al ferakh

Translations

Withania somnifera

• Arabic: اشواغاندا

  Egypt: سم الفراخ

  Yemen: please add this translation if you can

• Bengali: অশ্বগন্ধা (bn) (ośśogondha)
• Catalan: bufera f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 睡茄 (seoi⁶ ke⁴)

  Mandarin: 睡茄 (shuì qié)

• Greek:

  Ancient: κακκαλία f (kakkalía)

• Hebrew: ויתניה משכרת
• Hindi: अश्वगन्धा (hi) m (aśvagandhā)
• Kannada: ಅಶ್ವಗಂಧಿ (aśvagandhi)
• Malayalam: അമുക്കുരം (ml) (amukkuraṁ)
• Marathi: अश्वगंधा (aśvagandhā)
• Odia: ଅଶ୍ବଗନ୍ଧା (ôśbôgôndha)
• Punjabi: ਅਸ਼ਵਗੰਧਾ (pa) (aśavgandhā)
• Sinhalese: අශ්වගන්ධ (aśwagandha), අමුක්කරා (amukkarā)
• Tamil: அமுக்கிரா (ta) (amukkirā)
• Telugu: అశ్వగంధ (te) (aśvagandha), పెన్నేరుగడ్డ (pennērugaḍḍa)
• Urdu: اسگنده (āsgandh)