Hanji, Hamji, Hañjī, Hañji: 9 definitions

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Hanji 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)

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

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

· Acta Agric. Univ. Zhejiang. (1997)
· Flora of Jamaica containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island (1926)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· China Cottons (1984)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)
· Acta Botanica Sinica (1985)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Hanji, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

hañjī (हंजी).—ind Yes, Sir &c. See hāñjī.

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hāñjī (हांजी).—interj ( H) Yes Sir! yes, please your Worship! The word is pure Hindustani; and is inserted here on account of the following current phrase. hāñjī karaṇēṃ or hmaṇaṇēṃ To approve and assent to with servility or adulation; to cry Yes Sir! Oh, assuredly! to everything uttered.

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

hañjī (हंजी).—ind See hājī. Yes, Sir &c.

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hāñjī (हांजी).—interj Yes. Sir! hāñjī karaṇēṃ Approve and assent to with servility.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Hañji (हञ्जि).—m. Sneezing or sneeze.

Derivable forms: hañjiḥ (हञ्जिः).

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

Hañji (हञ्जि).—m.

(-ñjiḥ) 1. Hunger. 2. Sneezing. E. hamityavyaktaṃ jayati ji-ḍi .

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

Hañji (हञ्जि):—m. a sneeze, sneezing (= kṣut).

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

Hañji (हञ्जि):—(ñjiḥ) 2. m. Sneezing.

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Hanji 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Haṃji (ಹಂಜಿ):—

1) [noun] a ball or roll of cotton from which the thread is spun.

2) [noun] a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibres attached to the seeds of plants belonging to Malvaceae family, used in making fabrics, thread, etc.; cotton.

3) [noun] any of various cotton plants, esp. Gossypium arboreum of Malvaceae family.

4) [noun] a wick made of cotton.

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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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