Makta, Maktā: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Makta 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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Makta in India is the name of a plant defined with Dactyloctenium aegyptium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Eleusine mucronata (Michx.) Hornem., nom. illeg., non Eleusine mucronata Michx. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum
· Hortus Regius Botanicus Hafniensis (1819)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique … Botanique (1791)
· A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia (1816)
· Flora Atlantica (1798)
· Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. (1959)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Makta, for example chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, 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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymaktā (मक्ता).—m ( A) A contract of work or supply; an agreement for work by the great; a farm of any item of revenue; a monopoly in general.
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maktā (मक्ता).—ad R Enough, sufficiently.
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.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMaktā (மக்தா) noun < Arabic maqta. Special form of assessment fixed on a village as a whole, in vogue in the early period of revenue settlement; கிராமவரித்திட்ட மேற்படுமுன் கிராம முழுமைக்கும் விதிக்கப்பட்டு வந்த தீர்வைவகை. [kiramavarithitta merpadumun kirama muzhumaikkum vithikkappattu vantha thirvaivagai.] (C. G.)
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Maktasara, Maktat.
Ends with: Amakta, Khandamakta, Kherajimakta, Kherijamakta, Kunkumakta, Samakta.
Full-text: Makhata, Bhaktadatri, Khandamakta, Ghumau, Hunda, Sadaka.
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