[Hindi and Urdupān,leaf, paan, from Middle Indicpaṇṇa-, from Sanskritparṇam,feather, leaf; seeper-inIndo-European roots.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton M...
Origin of betel: 1550s, name of a creeping or climbing plant of the East Indies, also of its leaf (1580s), which is chewed, probably via ... See more.
1, 2 The quid is a mixture of areca nut, tobacco, and lime wrapped in the leaf of the betel vine (Piper betel L. Family: Piperaceae).HistoryThe chewing of betel nut quids dates to antiquity. In the 1st century AD, Sanskrit medical writings claimed that betel nut possessed 13 qualities...
Betel quid chewing is often culturally or socially ritualized, and there are elaborate ceremonies attending its use in various Asian and Pacific cultures though those are stigmatized in the West. The importance of paan can be best judged from the English rendering of a Sanskrit sloka [verse], ...
Common Name(s) Areca nut, paan, paan-gutkha pinlang, pinang, and supari. What is it used for? Traditional/Ethnobotanical uses The chewing of betel nut quids dates to antiquity. In the 1st century AD, Sanskrit medical writings claimed that betel nut possessed 13 qualities found in the regio...