hindi - kareli , karela
urdu - karela
marathi - karle
bengali - korola
english - bitter gourd , bitter melon , balsam pear , balsam apple
malayalam - pavayka , kayppayka
tamil - paakharkay
kannada - hagalakayi
sanskrit - karkotaki
sinhalese ( srilanka ) - karavila
khmer - mareah
pinyin - kugua
llokano - parya
javanese and indonesian - pare or pare ayam
okinawa - goya
japanese - goya , nigauri
tagalog ( philippines ) - ampalaya
vietnamese - muop dang , kho qua
trinidad and tobago - caraille ,carilley
guyana - carilla
jamaica - cerasse
surinam - sopropo
turkey - ( the fruit ) kudret nan
maldives - faaga
other common names - papailla ,melao de sao caetano ,ku kua kurela ,kor kuey ,ku gua ,pava aki ,salsamino ,sorci ,sorossi ,sorossie,sorossies ,peria laut , peria
latin - momordica charantia
