{"id":2842,"date":"2025-05-20T15:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/?p=2842"},"modified":"2025-05-20T15:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:45:40","slug":"what-is-the-indian-name-for-tuna-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/what-is-the-indian-name-for-tuna-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Indian name for tuna fish?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Indian name for tuna fish varies by region and language, but it is commonly referred to as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choora (Malayalam)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soorai Meen (Tamil)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kera or Kawaa (Hindi)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tu\u1e47\u1e0da or T\u016bn\u014d (Marathi\/Kannada)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chura or Thunnai (Telugu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In most Indian coastal cuisines, tuna is either used fresh or dried (especially in Kerala and Tamil Nadu), where it becomes a key ingredient in pickles, curries, and stir-fries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"indian-names-of-tuna-fish-by-language\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Indian Names of Tuna Fish by Language<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Language<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Common Name for Tuna Fish<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Script<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hindi<\/td><td>Kera \/ Kawaa \/ Chura<\/td><td>\u0915\u0947\u0930\u093e \/ \u0915\u093e\u0935\u093e \/ \u091a\u0941\u0930\u093e<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tamil<\/td><td>Soorai Meen<\/td><td>\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc0\u0ba9\u0bcd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Malayalam<\/td><td>Choora<\/td><td>\u0d1a\u0d42\u0d30<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Telugu<\/td><td>Thunnai \/ Chura<\/td><td>\u0c24\u0c41\u0c28\u0c4d\u0c28\u0c48 \/ \u0c1a\u0c42\u0c30\u0c3e<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kannada<\/td><td>T\u016bn\u014d \/ Tunde Meenu<\/td><td>\u0c9f\u0cc2\u0ca8\u0ccb \/ \u0ca4\u0cc1\u0c82\u0ca1\u0cc6 \u0cae\u0cc0\u0ca8\u0cc1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marathi<\/td><td>Tunda \/ T\u016bna<\/td><td>\u091f\u0941\u0902\u0921\u093e \/ \u091f\u094d\u092f\u0942\u0928\u093e<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bengali<\/td><td>Tuna<\/td><td>\u099f\u09c1\u09a8\u09be<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Urdu<\/td><td>Tuna<\/td><td>\u0679\u0648\u0646\u0627<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The English word \u201ctuna\u201d is increasingly used in urban areas and supermarkets across India, especially for canned or imported varieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Also Read:<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/what-is-the-full-form-of-tte-in-indian-railway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Is the Full Form of TTE in Indian Railway?<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/what-is-the-capital-of-uttar-pradesh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/what-is-the-scientific-name-of-donkey-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What is the Scientific Name of Donkey in India?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indian name for tuna fish varies by region and language, but it is commonly referred to as:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":2845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-knowledge"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is the Indian name for tuna fish?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the Indian name for tuna fish, its regional variations, and how it&#039;s used in Indian cuisine. 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