[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.512 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.512 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.512 - **Language:** English ### [c10.512](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.512) ARECA, s. The seed (in common parlance the nut) of the palm Areca catechu, L., commonly, though somewhat improperly, called 'betel-nut'; the term Betel belonging in reality to the leaf which is chewed along with the areca. Though so widely cultivated, the palm is unknown in a truly indigenous state. The word is Malayal. adakka \[according to Bp. Caldwell, from adai 'close arrangement of the cluster,' kay, 'nut' N.E.D.\], and comes to us through the Port. - [Previous: c10.511](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.511) - [Next: c10.513](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.513) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.512](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.512) · Pramāṇa