Kuka, Kukā: 8 definitions
Introduction:
Kuka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kuka in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Adansonia digitata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ophelus sitularius Lour. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1906)
· Nomenclator Botanicus. (1840)
· Rev. Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1980)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1826)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1995)
· International Journal of Dermatology (2007)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kuka, for example side effects, chemical composition, health benefits, diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykukā (कुका).—m C The honors which the gossips, assembled to perform a garbhādhāna, cause the subject of it to render to her husband. 2 R A term of reproach for a grown up but still childish fellow.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuka (कुक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Taking, accepting. E. kuka and ka aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKūka (कूक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—son of Vyāsanārāyaṇa-, son of Govinda, father of Mādhava Śukla (Kuṇḍakalpadruma 1656).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuka (कुक):—[from kuk] mfn. taking, accepting, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuka (कुक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Taking.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKūka (कूक) [Also spelled kuk]:—(nf) cooing; warbling.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKūka (ಕೂಕ):—
1) [noun] the act or an instance of cheating.
2) [noun] a ridiculing; derision; a looking down.
3) [noun] a cheat; a deceiver.
4) [noun] one who derides another.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+66): Ku-kaenal, Kuka meru, Kukabha, Kukacamaram, Kukad kand, Kukad-vel, Kukada, Kukadeku, Kukadem, Kukadi, Kukadi kand, Kukaehoki, Kukaekolea, Kukai, Kukai niru, Kukai-namacivayar, Kukai-nir, Kukai-nirkatti, Kukaiccatti, Kukaicci.
Ends with (+2): Bokuka, Chankuka, Gadakuka, Habakuka, Hukuka, Kukkuka, Kukuka, Mankuka, Okuka, Pakuka, Palakuka, Pankuka, Paratarkuka, Pindatarkuka, Rankuka, Shankuka, Sinamolaskuka, Tarkuka, Trishankuka, Urukuka.
Full-text: Kukam, Kuk, Trishanku, Zandre kuka, Kuka meru, Kunka, Kukamanam, Kundakalpadruma, Vyasanarayana, Madhava shukla, Kukavelalar, Pindatarkaka, Kukuda, Kukkuta, Govinda.
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