Ankari, Aṅkarī, Aṅkāri, Āṅkāri: 4 definitions

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Ankari means something in Marathi, 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)

1) Ankari in India is the name of a plant defined with Vicia hirsuta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ervum terronii Ten. (among others).

2) Ankari is also identified with Vicia sativa It has the synonym Vicia cosentini Guss. (etc.).

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

· Technical Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture
· Flora Germanica Excursoria (1832)
· Synopsis Florae Germanicae et Helveticae (1837)
· Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid (1998)
· Compendio della Flora Italiana (1882)
· Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (1834)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Ankari, for example health benefits, side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

aṅkarī (अंकरी).—f A vetch, Vicia sativa.

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āṅkarī (आंकरी).—f R (aṅkura S) A very young shoot of a tree; a tender spike (as of the Milk-bush).

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

āṅkarī (आंकरी).—f A very young shoot of a tree.

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Aṅkāri (அங்காரி) noun Borax. See வெண்காரம். (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [venkaram. (vaithiya muligai)]

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Āṅkāri (ஆங்காரி) [āṅkārittal] 11 intransitive verb < idem. To be arrogant, insolent. See அகங்கரி-. ஆத லா லாங்காரித்தே யறிஞரை யிகழாநின்றான் [agangari-. atha la langarithe yarignarai yigazhaninran] (திருவாலவாயுடையார் திருவிளையாடற் [thiruvalavayudaiyar thiruvilaiyadar] 18, 1).

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Āṅkāri (ஆங்காரி) noun < ahaṃ-kārin. Proud, haughty person; அகங்காரமுள்ளவன். [agangaramullavan.]

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Āṅkāri (ஆங்காரி) noun < ahaṃkāra. The principle of āṅkāraṉ, personified or conceived as the mother of the five senses; ஆங்காரதத்துவ மாகிய பெண். [angarathathuva magiya pen.] (திருமந். [thiruman.] 1073.)

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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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