Alternative spellings of this word include Babma.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Bamba in Cameroon is the name of a plant defined with Albizia glaberrima in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pithecellobium glaberrimum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Aubrév. (among others).

2) Bamba in Congo is also identified with Croton mayumbensis.

3) Bamba in Gabon is also identified with Croton oligandrus.

4) Bamba in India is also identified with Dalbergia volubilis It has the synonym Amerimnon volubile Kuntze (etc.).

5) Bamba in Kenya is also identified with Oxygonum sinuatum It has the synonym Ceratogonum cordofanum Meissn. (etc.).

6) Bamba in Mali is also identified with Cassia sieberiana It has the synonym Cassia kotschyana Oliv. (etc.).

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

· Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique (1860)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2001)
· Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.
· Adansonia (1970)
· Flora of West Tropical Africa (1928)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1983)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Bamba, for example health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bamba (बंब).—m ( H or Pompa. Port.) A fire-engine; a hand-pump; a pump. 2 The bass-member of the tabor sambaḷa. The other member is jhīla. 3 bamba is freely used to express Thickness, stoutness, or largeness. Ex. tyācēṃ kēvaḍhēṃ hō bamba śarīra hēṃ; bārīka cāra vāṃsōḷyā ghātallyā tyāpēkṣāṃ ēkaca mōṭhā bamba vāsā ghātalā mhaṇajē kāma jhālēṃ. 4 Dishonorable celebrity, notoriety; as tyācā or tyācyā nāṃvācā bamba jhālā or vājalā.

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bamba (बंब).—ad Up to the brink or brim. 2 Freely. Full, choke-full, tensely unto bursting. Ex. su- jūna bamba jhālēṃ; bamba phugalēṃ; khāūna bamba jhālēṃ. 3 bamba mahādēva or bamma mahādēva! corrupted from brahma mahādēva is the shout of Gosavis when they demand alms. For mahādēva is the one whom these mendicants specially know or allow.

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bāmba (बांब).—f A herb of medicinal properties. Its leaves are small, bitter, cooling, and they make a thick kalka. It grows on the margin of rivers or in shallow water.

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

bamba (बंब).—m A fire-engine; a hand-pump. The bass-member of the tabor sabaḷa: the other members is jhīla. bamba is freely used to express-Thickness, stout- ness, or largeness. Ex. tyācēṃ kēvaḍhēṃ hō bamba śarīra hēṃ. Dishonourable celebrity, notoriety; as tyācā or tyācyā nāṃvācā bamba jhālā or vājalā.

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bamba (बंब).—ad Up to the brink. Full. Ex. sujūna bamba jhālēṃ.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

[Sanskrit to German]

Bamba 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Baṃba (बंब):—(nm) a bomb; the sound of [bama-bama].

2) Baṃbā (बंबा) [Also spelled babma]:—(nm) a hydrant; waterpipe.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bāṃba (ಬಾಂಬ):—

1) [noun] (masc.) a maker of earthenware pots or vessels; a potter.

2) [noun] (fig.) a dull, stupid fellow.

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Bāṃba (ಬಾಂಬ):—[noun] a heavenly being; a deity.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+26): Bamba-netima, Bambagaira, Bambagairava, Bambai, Bambai-ampa, Bambaku, Bambal, Bambala, Bambaldagul, Bambalgol, Bambali, Bambaliku, Bambalisu, Bambalu, Bambalvari, Bambalvarigol, Bambalvariyisu, Bambambele, Bambambi, Bambami.

Ends with: Agadabamba, Avalyabamba, Ebamba, Igikakarubamba, Jalabamba, Kabamba, Libamba, Mbamba, Mbbamba, Mbeibamba, Mubamba, Tshibamba, Tshibambabamba, Tshibambamba, Tsintombamba, Tsitambamba, Tudumbamba, Vibamba, Wambamba.

Full-text: Vishvavayas, Bambavishvavayas, Lambavishvayasau, Ughadanagada, Bambya, Lambavishvavayasau, Babma, Bammahadeva, Bamba-netima, Bambala, Shambala, Phenila, Jhila.

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