Kothi, Kōṭhī, Koṭhī, Kothī: 6 definitions

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Kothi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, 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)

1) Kothi in India is the name of a plant defined with Limonia acidissima in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Feronia elephantum Corr. (among others).

2) Kothi is also identified with Olax scandens.

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1798)
· Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. (1846)
· Lingnaam Agricultural Review (1924)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Taxon (1980)

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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

kōṭhī (कोठी).—f (kōṣṭa S) A granary, garner, storehouse, warehouse, treasury, factory, bank. 2 The grain and provisions (as of an army); the commissariatsupplies. Ex. laśakarācī kōṭhī cālalī-utaralī- ālī-luṭalī. 3 The chamber (of a gun, of pipes, of tubes): also the hold or capacity (of a ship, cart, barrow). 4 A chamber, cell, or compartment of the body; of which seventy-two are enumerated. Ex. ātāṃ bāhattara kōṭhyāñcī śuddhi piṇḍāmadhyēṃ. 5 A large oblong bamboo basket, to hold rice &c. 6 A common term for the squares in a miṭhāgara or saltern-enclosure.

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

kōṭhī (कोठी).—f A granary, warehouse.

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

Koṭhī (कोठी):—f. Name of a tank, [Skanda-purāṇa]

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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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Koṭhī (कोठी):—(nf) a bungalow, mansion; a banking firm.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kōṭhi (ಕೋಠಿ):—[noun] an interrogative sentence, as in seeking to learn or in testing another’s knowledge; a question; a query.

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Kōṭhi (ಕೋಠಿ):—

1) [noun] a place where things are stored; a warehouse; a storehouse.

2) [noun] a large sail-ship.

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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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