Maki, Mākī, Makī: 7 definitions

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Maki means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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)

Maki in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus tsjakela in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ficus tsjahela Burm. f..

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

· Flora Indica (1768)

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Mākī (माकी).—[feminine] [dual] heaven and earth.

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

Mākī (माकी):—f. [dual number] ([probably]) heaven and earth, [Ṛg-veda viii, 2, 42] ([Sāyaṇa] = nirmātryau bhūtajatasya; others ‘the two great ones’).

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Maki 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

Maki (ಮಕಿ):—[noun] = ಮಕ್ಕಿ [makki]1.

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Māki (ಮಾಕಿ):—[noun] the fig tree Ficus tjakela ( = F. venosa) of Moraceae 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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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Maki (மகி) noun < mahī.

1. The earth; பூமி. (பிங்கலகண்டு) இம்மகியு மிவ்வரசும் வேண்டேன் [pumi. (pingalagandu) immagiyu mivvarasum venden] (பாரதவெண்பா [parathavenpa] 797).

2. Cow; பசு. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [pasu. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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Makī (மகீ) noun See மகி. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [magi. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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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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