Basi, Basī, Bashi: 5 definitions

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Basi means something in 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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Bashi in Mali is the name of a plant defined with Combretum adenogonium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Combretum chevalieri Diels (among others).

2) Bashi in Togo is also identified with Triticum aestivum It has the synonym Zeia vulgaris var. aestiva (L.) Lunell (etc.).

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

· Flora Helvetica (1828)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Systema Vegetabilium. Editio decima tertia (1774)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
· Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae (1848)
· Flora Taurico-Caucasica (1808)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Bashi, for example chemical composition, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, 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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

basī (बसी).—f (Bacia. Port. Basin.) A plate or dish.

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bāśī (बाशी) [or सी, sī].—f (Bacia. Port. Basin.) A plate or dish.

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

basī (बसी).—f baśī A plate or dish.

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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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Bāsī (बासी):—(a) stale, kept overnight; (nm) inhabitant, resident; -[īda] the day immediately following Id; -[tibāsī] (eatables) stale and stinking; kept for days together; -[muṃha] without having taken anything in the morning; -[kaḍhī meṃ ubāla] old age, young ways; a lilliputian posing like a giant; -[bace na kuttā khāye] to polish off all and leave nothing to Paul; -[bhāta meṃ khudā kā kyā sājhā] ? why invite a guest to share a dish of stale rice ?

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Basi (ಬಸಿ):—

1) [verb] to ooze out in drops; to trickle.

2) [verb] to strain out excess water from the rice that is boiled.

3) [verb] (a liquid) to fall down continuously, in a stream.

4) [verb] (sweat) to emit and fall.

5) [verb] to pour (a liquid) down.

6) [verb] to wipe (a liquid from a surface).

7) [verb] (fig.) to grow less gradually.

8) [verb] to erase or eradicate completely.

9) [verb] ಬಸಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳು [basidukollu] basidu koḷḷu to strain the liquid from a container without disturbing the sediments at the bottom; 2. (contemp. or sarc.) to drink (coffee, milk or other liquid); ಬಸಿದು ಬೀಳು [basidu bilu] basidu bīḷu to callapse due to loss of blood from the body; 2. to flow out profusely (as a stream); ಬಸಿದ ಸಾರು [basida saru] basida sāru a thin soup made by straining the liquid in which a dhal is cooked with or without a vegetable.

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Basi (ಬಸಿ):—

1) [verb] to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction; to whet.

2) [verb] to have a sharp blade or to become sharp, keen.

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Basi (ಬಸಿ):—

1) [noun] a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle; a wedge.

2) [noun] a sharp-pointed aborted branch; a spine; a prickle; a thorn.

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Basi (ಬಸಿ):—[noun] a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup or to hold the liquid that may spill from the cup; a saucer.

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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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