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karela

karela noun: momordica charantia, the bitter melon or bitter gourd.

Noun

karela (countable and uncountable, plural karelas)

  1. (India) Momordica charantia, the bitter melon or bitter gourd.
    • The roofs shall fade before it,
      The house-beams shall fall,
      And the Karela, the bitter Karela,
      Shall cover it all!1895, Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book
    • Cut karelas into thin slices. Wash and rub two table spoons salt all over the karelas and its scrapings.1998, Sanjeev Kapoor, Khazana of Indian Recipes

karela meaning in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati

karela in Hindi

karela, bitter melon
करेला karelā

karela in Marathi

karela, bitter gourd, bitter melon, Momordica charantia
कारले kārle

karela in Gujarati

karela, bitter melon
કારેલું kārelũ

Forms of karela

pluralkarelas

Origin of karela

From Hindi करेला (karelā), from Sanskrit कारवेल्ल (kāravella).

Questions about karela

What does karela mean?
Karela means momordica charantia, the bitter melon or bitter gourd.
What is karela in Hindi?
Karela in Hindi is करेला (karelā). See Karela meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is karela?
Karela is a noun.
What is the plural of karela?
The plural of karela is karelas.

Words near karela in the dictionary

  1. karees
  2. kareeta
  3. kareetas
  4. Karekare
  5. Karel
  6. karela
  7. karelas
  8. Kareli
  9. Karelia
  10. Karelian
  11. Karelian Bear Dog

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Adapted from Wiktionary: karela (page history and authors); करेला (Hindi) (page history and authors); कारले (Marathi) (page history and authors); કારેલું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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