kadalī (English spelling) kadali

Japanese: kadalī(英語表記)kadali
kadalī (English spelling) kadali

…In addition to eating it raw, it is also used to make banana chips, dried fruit, dried powder, and alcoholic beverages. [Osamu Kishimoto]
[India]
The Sanskrit word kadalī for banana appears in documents from the 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE. However, since the word itself is believed to be a loanword from an indigenous Indian language, it is believed that bananas were already being eaten in prehistoric India.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kadalī" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生食以外にバナナチップス,乾果,乾燥粉末,酒類の生産に用いる。【岸本 修】
[インド]
 サンスクリットでバナナをさす〈カダリーkadalī〉の語は前3~前2世紀ごろの文献から現れる。しかし,この語自身がインド先住民の言語からの借用語であるとされるから,先史時代のインドではすでにバナナは食用に供されていたと思われる。…

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