Nakkari, Nakkarigida, Nakkarīgiḍa, Nakkāri: 3 definitions

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Nakkari means something in biology, Tamil. 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)

Nakkari in India is the name of a plant defined with Neptunia triquetra in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa natans L.f. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· Report
· Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles (1916)
· Taxon (1985)
· Species Plantarum.
· Symbolae Botanicae (1794)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nakkari (ನಕ್ಕರಿ):—[noun] the plant Ximenia americana of Olacaceae family.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Nakkari in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Nakkari (நக்கரி) [nakkarittal] 11 intransitive verb < நகர்-. [nagar-.] (W.)

1. To shift along in a sitting posture, as a lame or sick person; நகர்ந்து செல்லுதல். [nagarnthu selluthal.]

2. To creep with difficulty, as a weak child, a wounded reptile; தவழ்தல். [thavazhthal.]

3. To be bed-ridden; படுகிடையாதல். [padugidaiyathal.]

4. To roll in bed; படுக்கையிற் புரண்டுகிடத்தல். [padukkaiyir purandugidathal.]

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Nakkāri (நக்காரி) noun < namaskārī. A kind of sensitive plant. See வறட்சுண்டி. (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [varadsundi. (vaithiya muligai)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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