Alternative spellings of this word include Begam.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Begama in India is the name of a plant defined with Holoptelea integrifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ulmus integrifolia Roxb. (among others).

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

· Botanical Magazine (1990)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2001)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique (1848)
· Allergy (1991)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1916)
· Int. Arch. Allergy Immunol. (2005)

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

bēgama (बेगम).—f ( T) Properly a lady, the wife of a Musalman grandee; but this meaning is little known. In Maraṭhi it means a Musalman woman that remains single after having reached the years of puberty.

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

bēgama (बेगम).—f A Mohammedan lady.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Begama (बेगम) [Also spelled begam]:—(nf) a (Muslim) lady; Mrs.; [begamāta] plural of [begama; begamī] pertaining to or belonging to a [begama.].

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Ends with: Mangalabegama.

Full-text: Begam.

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