Question

Find out the names of the following animals and plants in as many languages as you can:

1. Rat	2. Cat	3. Bat	4. Tiger	5. Lion	6. Dog	7. Wolf
8. Peacock	9. Ant	10. Housefly	11. Honey bee	12. Lotus	13. Potato	14. Neem
15. Mango

Note down that these names are not related with the names you normally use to identify them.

Answer 1

No.	English	Hindi	Bengali	Tamil	Telugu
1	Rat	चूहा (chūhā)	ইঁদুর (ĩdur)	எலி (eli)	ఎలుక (eluka)
2	Cat	बिल्ली (billī)	বিড়াল (biṛāl)	பூனை (pūṉai)	పిల్లి (pilli)
3	Bat	चमगादड़ (camgādaṛ)	বাদুড় (bāṛuṛ)	வவ்வால் (vavvāl)	గబ్బిలం (gabbilam)
4	Tiger	बाघ (bāgh)	বাঘ (bāgh)	புலி (puli)	పులి (puli)
5	Lion	शेर (sher)	সিংহ (siṃho)	சிங்கம் (siṅkam)	సింహం (simham)
6	Dog	कुत्ता (kuttā)	কুকুর (kukur)	நாய் (nāy)	కుక్క (kukka)
7	Wolf	भेड़िया (bheṛiyā)	নেকড়ে (nekoṛe)	ஓநாய் (ōnāy)	తోడేలు (tōḍēlu)
8	Peacock	मोर (mor)	ময়ূর (môyūr)	மயில் (mayil)	నెమలి (nemali)
9	Ant	चींटी (cīṇṭī)	পিঁপড়ে (pĩpṛe)	எறும்பு (eṟumpu)	చీమ (cīma)
10	Housefly	मक्खी (makkhī)	মাছি (māchi)	வீட்டு ஈ (vīṭṭu ī)	ఈగ (īga)
11	Honey bee	मधुमक्खी (madhumakkhī)	মৌমাছি (moumachi)	தேனீ (tēṉī)	తేనెటీగ (tenetīga)
12	Lotus	कमल (kamal)	পদ্ম (poddo)	தாமரை (tāmarai)	తామర (tāmara)
13	Potato	आलू (ālū)	আলু (ālu)	உருளைக்கிழங்கு (uruḷaikkiḻaṅku)	బంగాళాదుంప (baṅgāḷāduṃpa)
14	Neem	नीम (nīm)	নিম (nim)	வேம்பு (vēmpu)	వేప (vēpa)
15	Mango	आम (ām)	আম (ām)	மாம்பழம் (māmpaḻam)	మామిడి (māmiḍi)

Observation: The same organism is called by different names in different languages. These local names generally do not sound alike or resemble one another.