Chickpeas (US: garbanzo beans), Bengal gram, channa. Darker and smaller than the chickpeas generally available in the West.

Synonyms in other languages

English

• Bengal gram
• chilli powder

French

• sauce aux cèpes

Gujarati

• chana
• chana dhal
• channa

Hindi

• deshi
• garbanzo (beans)
• gram dhal
• kadala kaalu
• kadalai
• kadalai bele
• kala gram
• चना (chana)
• चना दाल (chana dhal)
• चन्ना (channa)

Kannada

• kadalai dhal

Konkani

• chano

Latin names

• Cicer arietinum

Malayalam

• kadala
• kadalai dhal
• valuthu

Marathi

• chane
• harbhara

Nepali

• chana
• chana dhal
• channa

Oriya

• buta

Punjabi

• chana
• chana dhal
• channa

Tamil

• Kabul kadalai
• kadalai dhal

Telugu

• mudip chenagulu
• pachichengapappu
• senagalu
• శనగలు (shanagalu)

Urdu

• chana
• chana dhal
• chana sabut
• channa
• channa sabut

Countries

• India
• Sri Lanka

Regions

• Southern India