Kalamku, Kalaṃku, Kalanku, Kalaṅku, Kaḻaṅku: 3 definitions
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Kalamku means something in biology, Tamil. 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)Kalanku in India is the name of a plant defined with Phoenix pusilla in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Phoenix pusilla Lour., nom. illeg. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Botany (1885)
· Fruct. Sem. Pl. (1788)
· Pl. Coromandel (1796)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Flora Telluriana (1837)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1994)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kalanku, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, health benefits, side effects, extract dosage, 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
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKalaṃku (ಕಲಂಕು):—
1) [verb] to stir (a liquid or pasty item) as to make the sediments suspend throughout; to agitate slightly.
2) [verb] to beat, shake (milk or cream) in a churn.
3) [verb] to get stirred, agitated, perturbed.
4) [verb] to spoil the calmness, serenity; to rouse to violent action.
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Kalaṃku (ಕಲಂಕು):—[noun] an unpleasant feeling on oneself; guilt; uncertainty or agitation of the mind; moral corruption.
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Kaḷaṃku (ಕಳಂಕು):—
1) [verb] to stir (a liquid or pasty item) as to make the sediments suspend throughout; to agitate slightly.
2) [verb] to beat, shake (milk or cream) in a churn.
3) [verb] to get stirred, agitated, perturbed.
4) [verb] to spoil the calmness, serenity; to rouse to violent action.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKalaṅku (கலங்கு) [kalaṅkutal] 5 intransitive verb [Telugu: kalagu, K. Travancore usage kalaṅku, M. kalaṅṅu.]
1. To be stirred up, agitated, ruffled, as water; நீர் முதலியன குழம்புதல். கலங்க முந்நீர் கடைந்து [nir muthaliyana kuzhambuthal. kalanga munnir kadainthu] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் பெரியதி. [nalayira thivyappirapandam periyathi.] 6, 5, 1).
2. To be confused, confounded; மனங் குழம்புதல். கலங்காமற் காத்துய்க்கும் [manang kuzhambuthal. kalangamar kathuykkum] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 59).
3. To be abashed, embarrassed, perplexed; மயங்கு தல். காமநலியக் கலங்கி [mayangu thal. kamanaliyag kalangi] (புறப்பொருள்வெண்பாமாலை [purapporulvenpamalai] 11, பெண்பாற். [penpar.] 1).
4. To fear; to be intimidated; to be cowed; அஞ்சுதல். விண்ணு மண்ணுமெல்லாங் கலங்க [anchuthal. vinnu mannumellang kalanga] (திருவாசகம் [thiruvasagam] 6, 28).
5. To be sad; to grieve; to experience sorrow; துன்பமுறுதல். [thunpamuruthal.] (W.)
6. To fail; தவறு தல். கலங்காது ஞாலங் கருதுபவர் [thavaru thal. kalangathu gnalang karuthupavar] (திருக்குறள் [thirukkural], 485).
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Kaḻaṅku (கழங்கு) noun perhaps from கழல். [kazhal.]
1. Molucca-bean; கழற்சிக்காய். மகளிர் . . . கழங்கிற் றெற்றி யாடும் [kazharsikkay. magalir . . . kazhangir rerri yadum] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 36, 4).
2. Play among girls with Molucca-beans; கழற்சி விளையாட்டு. [kazharsi vilaiyattu.]
3. See கழங்குப்பருவம். [kazhangupparuvam.] (இலக்கண விளக்கம் [ilakkana vilakkam] 807.)
4. Divination with the help of Molucca-beans by a soothsayer when possessed; கழற்சிக்காயைக்கொண்டு வெறியாட்டில் வேலன் சொல்லுங் குறி. கழங்கிற்கோட்டங்காட்டி [kazharsikkayaikkondu veriyattil velan sollung kuri. kazhangirkottangatti] (நற்றிணை [narrinai] 47).
5. Gambling; சூதசங்கிதைு. (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [suthu. (sudamaninigandu)]
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Kaḷaṅku (களங்கு) noun < idem. Blemish; களங்கம். திங்கள் . . . உடற்களங்கால் [kalangam. thingal . . . udarkalangal] (பிரபுலிங்கலீலை கைலாச. [pirapulingalilai kailasa.] 6).
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Kaḷaṅku (களங்கு) noun perhaps from கல-. [kala-.] Pill prepared from several metals including mercury; பாதரசம்முதலிய உலோகங்களால் உண்டாக்கிய குளி கை. [patharasammuthaliya ulogangalal undakkiya kuli kai.] (W.)
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Kaḻaṅku (கழங்கு) noun (அகராதி நிகண்டு [agarathi nigandu])
1. Vēlaṉ-āṭal, a frenzied dance; வேலனாடல். [velanadal.]
2. Semen; இந்திரியம். [inthiriyam.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Starts with: Kalamkura.
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