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Is “Guava” the Real Name of ?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

A. Siddiqi
Affiliation:
Dacca.

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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1927

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References

page 560 note 1 Redhouse, , Turkish-English Dictionary (Constantinople, 1900), pp. 73Google Scholar and 199.

page 560 note 2 A degenerate sort of pear, more or less round in shape and of rather sourish taste, is grown in certain localities in India and is known by its Indian name ; while the real pear, which is sometimes imported from Kashmir, goes by its Kashmírí and Poashtó name: “”.

page 560 note 3 In the South-Indian Urdú a “guava” is , probably on account of its resemblance to a pear-shaped bowl. Also in certain other parts of India is not applied to guava.

page 561 note 1 See Junker's edition (Heidelberg, 1912), chap, iv, foot-note 27.