areca

== English == === Etymology === Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈriːkə/, /ˈærɪkə/ === Noun === areca (plural arecas) Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== areca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies beetel betel paan ==== References ==== === Anagrams === Ceará, arace == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka) / Tamil அடைக்காய் (aṭaikkāy), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭaykkāy (“areca nut”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛkɐ === Noun === areca f (plural arecas) areca; betel palm (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm) Synonym: arequeira ==== Descendants ==== → English: areca → Spanish: areca === Further reading === “areca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “areca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈɾeka/ [aˈɾe.ka] Rhymes: -eka Syllabification: a‧re‧ca === Noun === areca f (plural arecas) areca; betel palm (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “areca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025