Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Parda in Philippines is the name of a plant defined with Lablab purpureus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dolichos bengalensis Jacq. (among others).

2) Parda is also identified with Phaseolus lunatus It has the synonym Dolichos tonkinensis Bui-QuangChieu (etc.).

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

· American Journal of Botany (1980)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1926)
· Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano (1821)
· Hortus Britannicus (1826)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1989)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parda (पर्द).—

1) A quantity of hair, thick hair.

2) A fart, breaking wind (pardanam also in this sense).

Derivable forms: pardaḥ (पर्दः).

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

1) Parda (पर्द):—[from pard] m. breaking wind downwards, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] thick hair, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Pārda (पार्द):—m. a species of tree, [Gaṇaratna-mahodadhi 300 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

4) Pārdā (पार्दा):—[from pārda] f. Name of a woman, [ib.]

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

Parda (पर्द):—(ṅa) pardate 1. a. To fart.

[Sanskrit to German]

Parda 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Parda in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a curtain; screen; veil; privacy; (ear) drum; surface (as [duniya ka parada); ~dara] maintaining a veil (of secrecy); concealing (oneself) under a veil; ~[dari] concealment of a secret; concealment of one’s failing; ~[nashina] veiled, maintaining a veil; hence ~[nashini] (nf); —[uthana/kholana] to expose (a secret); to uncover, to unearth, to reveal, to remove the veil of secrecy; —[karana] to observe a veil (said of a woman), to keep (oneself under) a veil; —[dalana] to conceal; to veil; to ring down a curtain; —[padana, amkha para] to be blinded, not to see the manifest; —[padana, buddhi para] to act foolishly, to behave like a stupid fellow; ~[phasha karana] to expose, to lay bare, to unearth, to tear the veil of secrecy; ~[phasha hona] to be exposed, to be laid bare, to be unearthed, the veil of secrecy to be torn; —[rakhana, kisi ka] to save the honour of; not to let out somebody’s secret; to maintain a veil over somebody’s failing; —[rakhana] to keep out of somebody’s sight; to keep on evading; [parade ke piche] clandestine(ly), stealthily; [parade mem rakhana] to keep behind a curtain; to keep under a veil; (for women) not to move out of the house, not to mix freely..—parda (परदा) is alternatively transliterated as Paradā.

2) Pardā (पर्दा):—(nm) see [paradā]

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Paardarshan, Parda-bel, Parda-patala, Pardabhitrai, Pardada, Pardaki, Pardana, Pardanasina, Pardaphasa, Pardarshak, Pardavala, Pardavant, Pardavat, Pardayana, Pardayani, Partarappu.

Ends with: Asitranaparda, Beparda, Catutkaparda, Dakshinakaparda, Dakshinatahkaparda, Dakshinataskaparda, Kaparda, Mahakaparda, Manaparda, Mardaparda, Sukaparda, Vishakaparda.

Full-text: Pardavat, Rupahala, Pardaki, Pardana, Parda-bel, Pridaku, Parada.

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