Niri, Nirī: 7 definitions

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2. Sanskrit
3. Kannada
4. Tamil
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Introduction:

Niri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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)

Niri in Ivory Coast is the name of a plant defined with Parkia biglobosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Inga senegalensis DC. (among others).

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Loudon’s Hortus Britannicus. A catalogue (1830)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l’État (1955)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
· African Journal of Biomedical Research (2002)

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

nirī (निरी).—f (niraṇa) A fold or plait of the dhotar or lugaḍēṃ. 2 A plait or ply gen. 3 The intervening ridge between the channels of a screw or the jutting and retiring portions of the two sidebeams of a sugarpress.

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

nirī (निरी).—f A fold or plait of the dhōtara or lugaḍēṃ.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Niri (निरि).—come forth.

Niri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and i (इ).

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Niri (निरि).—loosen, unveil, tear asunder, destroy.

Niri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and ri (रि).

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

1) Niri (निरि):—[=nir-√i] [Parasmaipada] -eti (1. sg. [subjunctive] -ayā, [Ṛg-veda]; [dative case] [infinitive mood] -etave, [ib.]; [Ātmanepada] nir-ayate, or nil-ayate, [Siddhānta-kaumudī] on [Parasmaipada] [viii, 2, 19]), to go out, come forth, go off, depart (said of persons and things), [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata etc.]

2) Nirī (निरी):—[=ni-√rī] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -riṇāti, ṇīte, to dissolve, scatter, tear, rend, destroy, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];

2) —to unveil, discover ([Ātmanepada]), [Ṛg-veda i, 124, 7; v, 80, 6];

2) —to rush forth, escape ([Ātmanepada]), ix, 14, 4.

3) Nīrī (नीरी):—[=nī-√rī] (nis+√rī) [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -riṇāti -rinṇīte, to loosen, separate from ([ablative]), [Ṛg-veda i, 161, 7];

—to allure, seduce, [ib. i, 179, 4.]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Niri (ನಿರಿ):—

1) [verb] to kill; to cause to die.

2) [verb] to pierce with a sharp pointed weapon; to stab.

3) [verb] to turn aside; to prevent from happening or remove something (as an existing evil).

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Niri (ನಿರಿ):—

1) [noun] a vertifical fold of a dhōti (a long loincloth worn by many men in India) or sari (sire, a garment worn by Indian women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder).

2) [noun] a sari (sire) or dhōti a part of which is folded vertically when worn.

3) [noun] such a fold.

4) [noun] the manner or way in which things are arranged; arrangement.

5) [noun] combination of shape, colour, sound, etc., that pleases the sight; beauty.

6) [noun] the way, manner in which a thing is done or must be done.

7) [noun] a long moving swell or ridge formed on the surface of water (in a waterbody) caused by the wind; a wave.

8) [noun] a coil or ringlet of hair.

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Niṟi (ನಿಱಿ):—

1) [verb] to joint (two or more things, persons) together.

2) [verb] to become crooked or zigzag.

3) [verb] to become folded (said of clothes).

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Niṟi (ನಿಱಿ):—

1) [noun] a vertical fold of a dhōti (a long loincloth worn by many men in India) or sīre (a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder).

2) [noun] a sari or dhōti a part of which is folded vertically when worn.

3) [noun] such a fold.

4) [noun] the manner or way in which things are arranged; arrangement.

5) [noun] combination of shape, colour, sound, etc., that pleases the sight; beauty.

6) [noun] the way, manner in which a thing is done or must be done.

7) [noun] a long moving swell or ridge formed on the surface of water (in a water body) caused by the wind; a wave.

8) [noun] a coil or ringlet of hair.

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Nīri (ನೀರಿ):—

1) [noun] a vertical fold of a dhōti (a long loincloth worn by many men in India) or sari (sire, a garment worn by Indian women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder).

2) [noun] a sari or dhōti a part of which is folded vertically when worn.

3) [noun] such a fold.

4) [noun] the manner or way in which things are arranged; arrangement.

5) [noun] combination of shape, colour, sound, etc., that pleases the sight; beauty.

6) [noun] the way, manner in which a thing is done or must be done.

7) [noun] a long moving swell or ridge formed on the surface of water (in a water body) caused by the wind; a wave.

8) [noun] a coil or ringlet of hair.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Nīri (நீரி) noun < idem. That which lives in water, aquatic life; நீரில்வாழ்வது. நீரியா யூர்வன வாய் நின்றநாள் போதாதோ [nirilvazhvathu. niriya yurvana vay ninranal pothatho] (பட்டினத்துப். பக். [pattinathup. pag.] 200).

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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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