Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

nakali in Senegal is the name of a plant defined with Astraea lobata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Croton lobatus var. genuinus Müll.Arg., nom. inval. (among others).

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

· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· BioFactors (2006)
· World Checklist of Seed Plants (1995)
· Kew Bulletin (1997)
· Species Plantarum
· Archiv fur Naturgeschichte (1841)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nakalī (नकली).—a (nakala) Made in imitation of; copied, imitated, forged, fabricated, counterfeit &c. 2 Full of tale and anecdote, diverting--a story or a story-teller.

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nakalī (नकली).—f A sort of lugaḍēṃ, an imitation-lugaḍēṃ.

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

nakalī (नकली).—a Copied, fabricated. Diverting– a story or story-teller.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nakalī (नकली):—(a) counterfeit, false; artificial; fabricated, fictitious; sham; spurious; impostorous.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nakali (ನಕಲಿ):—[noun] = ನಕಲು [nakalu]1.

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Nakali (ನಕಲಿ):—

1) [noun] = ನಕಲು [nakalu]2.

2) [noun] a man who is playful in speech and actions, esp. for entertaining others; a jester; joker; a fool.

3) [noun] ನಕಲಿ ಶ್ಯಾಮ [nakali shyama] nakali śyāma = ನಕಲಿ [nakali]2 - 4.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Nakaligara, Nakalinkam.

Ends with: Ainakali, Cunakali, Dakshinakali, Jyotsnakali, Krishnakali, Kurumbandanakali, Manakali, Ranakali, Samanakali, Sanakali, Shmashanakali, Sonakali, Tanakali.

Full-text: Nakaligara, Nakal.

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