Adam, Ādam, A-dam: 5 definitions

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Adam means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Adam in India is the name of a plant defined with Caryota urens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Caryota urens Jacq. (among others).

2) Adam is also identified with Ficus racemosa It has the synonym Covellia glomerata Miq. (etc.).

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

· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1946)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1798)
· Biotropica (2006)
· Numer. List (4549)
· Taxon (1979)
· London Journal of Botany (1848)

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ādam (आदम्):—[=ā-√dam] See daṃsu-patnī.

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Adam in German

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Adam in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) absence; —[pairavi] ex parte;—[maujudagi] in the absence of; —[sabuta] absence of proof..—adam (अदम) is alternatively transliterated as Adama.

2) Adam in Hindi refers in English to:—(n) Adam (the first man supposed to have been created on earth); ~[kada] of human-size; ~[khora] man-eater, cannibal; ~[jada] human being, born of man..—adam (आदम) is alternatively transliterated as Ādama.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ādaṃ (ಆದಂ):—

1) [adverb] in a special manner; particularly; specially; especially.

2) [adverb] to a marked degree; excessively.

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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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