Alternative spellings of this word include Chutaka.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Cutaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Strychnos nux-vomica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Strychnos ligustrina Blume (among others).

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

· Taxon (1980)
· Rumphia (1836)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Lloydia (1973)
· Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France (1910)

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

cuṭakā (चुटका).—m ( H) A witty, smart, pungent piece (of composition, song, story, anecdote, gāṇyācā- gōṣṭīcā-&c.); an epigram, a poesy or short conceit, a piece of satire, a conundrum, charade, enigma. 2 (or nidrēcā or jhōpēcā cu0) A nap or short doze: also a brief dreamy sleep. v lāga, paḍa. Ex. svapnācā ugīca cu0 paḍalā. 3 A draught or pull (of a pipe, segar &c., of milk, sugarcane-juice &c.) v ghē. 4 A brand with a cauterizing iron, esp. a small or slight one. v dē.

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

cuṭakā (चुटका).—m A witty piece (of story, &c.). A nap. A draught or pull. A slight brand with hot iron.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cūtaka (चूतक).—

1) The mango tree.

2) A small well.

Derivable forms: cūtakaḥ (चूतकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cūtaka (चूतक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. The mango. 2. A small or shallow well. E. kan added to the preceding.

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

1) Cūtaka (चूतक):—[from cūta] m. the mango tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a small well (= cūḍaka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cūtaka (चूतक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Idem. A small well.

[Sanskrit to German]

Cutaka 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cuṭaka (ಚುಟಕ):—

1) [noun] a poem, passage, talk etc. that is short or shortened.

2) [noun] a kind of poem that is usu. of four lines, witty, sarcastic, etc.

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Cūtaka (ಚೂತಕ):—[noun] a small well or reservoir.

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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: Cutakacatturu, Cutakaculai, Cutakan, Cutakanka, Cutakapantam, Cutakapattiyam, Cutakappantu, Cutakapperukku, Cutakappul, Cutakatti, Cutakavali, Cutakavayu.

Full-text: Cutuka, Cutakapantam, Maranacutakam, Cutakavali, Cutakapperukku, Mirutacutakam, Cutakaculai, Catakacutakam, Cuti, Cutakavayu, Cutakappantu, Cutakacatturu, Miruttucutakam, Cudaka, Cutakapattiyam.

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