Lali, Lālī: 7 definitions

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

1) Lali in India is the name of a plant defined with Albizia amara in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acacia nellyrenza Wight & Arn. (among others).

2) Lali is also identified with Dysoxylum excelsum It has the synonym Guarea procera Wall. (etc.).

3) Lali in Niger is also identified with Andropogon gayanus It has the synonym Cymbachne guineensis (Schumach.) Roberty (etc.).

4) Lali in Nigeria is also identified with Lawsonia inermis It has the synonym Rotantha combretoides Bak. (etc.).

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

· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1825)
· Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. (1828)
· Plant Sciences Research
· Flora (1844)
· Monographie systématique des Andropogoneés du globe (1960)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1908)

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

lālī (लाली).—f ( P) Redness.

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

lālī (लाली).—f Redness. Brilliance or beauty (of thought or composition), grace- fulness, tastefulness, charming qua- lity in general; as kaṇṭhalālitya, śabdalālitya.

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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

Lālī (लाली):—f. the being possessed by a demon, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]

[Sanskrit to German]

Lali 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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Lālī (लाली):—(nf) redness, ruddiness; lipstick; rouge.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Laḷi (ಲಳಿ):—

1) [noun] the force of an action; vehemence.

2) [noun] skill; adroitness; sleight; dexterity; expertise.

3) [noun] brightness; lustre; splendour.

4) [noun] a ridge or swell moving along the surface of a liquid or body of water; a wave.

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Lāli (ಲಾಲಿ):—[noun] a song for lulling a baby to sleep; cradlesong; a lullaby.

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Lāli (ಲಾಲಿ):—[noun] = ಲಾಳಿ [lali]1.

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Lāḷi (ಲಾಳಿ):—

1) [noun] the grass Vetiveria zizanioides ( = Andropogon muricatus) of Poaceae family.

2) [noun] a weaveṛs shuttle.

3) [noun] a device consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding or lifting something; a pair of tongs.

4) [noun] a kind of war-weapon.

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Lāḷi (ಲಾಳಿ):—[noun] a woman belong to, native of ಲಾಳ [lala] (the present Gujarāt in Western India).

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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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