Katavani, Kaṭavaṇī, Katāvaṇi: 4 definitions

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Katavani means something in Marathi, 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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Katavani [ಕಟವಾಣಿ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. from the Tiliaceae (Phalsa) family having the following synonyms: Triumfetta mollis, Triumfetta vahlii, Triumfetta trilocularis. For the possible medicinal usage of katavani, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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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

kaṭavaṇī (कटवणी).—f A small bickern or stonecutter's bar.

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kaṭavaṇī (कटवणी).—n (kaṭa & pāṇī) A decoction of any kind of pulse (sometimes of corn) in preparation for certain dishes. 2 Laxly. Water muddled or befouled by dirty cloths.

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kaṭāvaṇī (कटावणी).—f (Abridged from vyājakaṭāvaṇī) Calculating interest for broken periods. 2 A species of metrical composition. See kaṭibandha.

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kāṭavaṇī (काटवणी).—n (kāṭa & pāṇī) Water in which pulse, coloring substances, or, laxly, anything has been boiled. 2 Applied to extremely turbid water, to a sanious running &c.

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

kaṭavaṇī (कटवणी).—f A small bickern or stonecutter's bar.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kaṭavāṇi (ಕಟವಾಣಿ):—[noun] the plant Triumfetta bartramia (= T. rhomboidea, = T. angulata) of Tiliaceae family.

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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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