Etana, Ēṭaṇa, Eṭaṇa: 8 definitions

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2. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Etana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Etana in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Pycnanthus angolensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Myristica kombo Baill. (among others).

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

· Flora of Tropical Africa (1909)
· Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. (1897)
· Ber. Pharm. Ges. (1892) (1892)
· Hooker's Icones Plantarum, or ‘figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks of new or rare plants’
· Catalogue of the vascular plants of S. Tomé (1944)
· Adansonia (1868)

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

ēṭaṇa (एटण).—or ēṭhaṇa, ēṭaṇēṃ or ēṭhaṇēṃ, ēṭalī, or ēṭā- ḷī, ēṭāḷaṇēṃ and others. Vulgar for vēṭa &c.

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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

Etana (एतन).—

1) Breath.

2) A species of fish. (Silurus Pebrius)

Derivable forms: etanaḥ (एतनः).

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

Etana (एतन).—m.

(-naḥ) Expiration, breathing out, discharging air from the lungs. E. iṇ to go, tanan aff.

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

1) Etana (एतन):—m. expiration, breathing out, discharging air from the lungs, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) the fish Silurus Pelorius, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Etana (एतन):—(naḥ) 1. m. Expiration.

[Sanskrit to German]

Etana 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.

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