Dalai, Dǎ lài, Da lai, Dá lài, Daḷāī, Dalāī, Dalāi: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Dalai means something in Marathi, 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)
Dalai in Philippine Islands is the name of a plant defined with Coix lacryma-jobi in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sphaerium lacryma (L.) Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Cytologia (1990)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1792)
· Systema Naturae, Editio Decima
· Cytologia (1986)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum… . (1788)
· Cytologia (1993)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Dalai, for example diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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
daḷāī (दळाई).—f ( H) The cost of grinding.
daḷāī (दळाई).—f The cost of grinding.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Dalāi (दलाइ):—n. 1. grinding; crushing; 2. rubbing; 3. suppressing; oppressing; exploiting;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Chinese-English dictionary
1) 打賴 t = 打赖 s = dǎ lài p refers to “to deny/to disclaim/to disavow”.
2) 達賴 t = 达赖 s = dá lài p refers to “the Dalai Lama/abbr. of 達賴喇嘛 | 达赖喇嘛 [Da2 lai4 La3 ma5]”..
Chinese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+29): Da lai la ma, Dalai Lama, Dhalaiya, Talai-aikotu, Talai-aitatavu, Talai-akumonai, Talai-anaimantiram, Talai-anaitanki, Talai-arranal, Talai-atinel, Talai-atinerral, Talai-atittukol, Talai-attipommai, Talai-ava-tarampannu, Talai-tatumaru, Talaitakar, Talaitatavu, Talaitatumarram, Talaitta, Talaittal.
Full-text (+533): Da lai la ma, Di yi shi da lai la ma, Di san shi da lai la ma, Gen dun zhu ba, La ma san fu, Suo nuo mu jia mu cuo, Budala, Ban chan la ma, Chao shan, Ban chan e er de ni, Dalai Lama, Da la ma, Hu bi lei han, Suo nan jian cuo, Yan shui fu, Qian zhi hu bi lei han, Talai-ileluttu, La-sa, La ma jiao, Huangjiao.
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Search found 58 books and stories containing Dalai, Dǎ lài, Da lai, Dá lài, Daḷāī, Dalāī, Dalāi, Dǎlài, Dálài, 打賴, 打赖, 达赖, 達賴; (plurals include: Dalais, Dǎ làis, Da lais, Dá làis, Daḷāīs, Dalāīs, Dalāis, Dǎlàis, Dálàis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
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