Patalai, Pātaḷāī, Pātalāī, Paṭalai, Pāṭalai: 4 definitions
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Patalai 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)Patalai in India is the name of a plant defined with Stereospermum suaveolens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Stereospermum suaveolens (Roxb.) DC..
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· Bibliothèque universelle de Genève. (1838)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypātaḷāī (पातळाई).—f (pātaḷa Diminished closeness or crowdedness. Ex. maghāndēvaḷānta dāṭī hōtī ātāṃ pā0 jhālī. This is its especial meaning; but it implies also dispersed or scattered state gen. 2 See pātaḷa a and form the abstract in all the senses but the first:--Diluteness, looseness, rarity, sparseness, slimness, slightness &c.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpātaḷāī (पातळाई).—f Diminished closeness. This is its especial meaning; but it implies also dispersed or scattered state gen. Diluteness, looseness.
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 LexiconPaṭalai (படலை) noun < படர்-. [padar-.]
1. Spreading, expanding; படர்கை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [padarkai. (pingalagandu)]
2. Expanse; பரந்த இடம். படலை மார்பினிற் கொன்றை மாலிகை [parantha idam. padalai marpinir konrai maligai] (திருக்குற்றாலக் குறவஞ்சி [thirukkurralag kuravanchi] 13). (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு [sudamaninigandu])
3. Broad-headed drum; வாயகன்ற பறை. (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [vayaganra parai. (sudamaninigandu)]
4. Leaves; தழை. [thazhai.] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 319, கீழ்க்குறிப்பு. [kizhkkurippu.])
5. See படலைமாலை. வண் சினைக் கோங்கின் றண்கமழ் படலை [padalaimalai. van sinaig kongin rankamazh padalai] (ஐங். [aing.] 370).
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Paṭalai (படலை) noun < paṭala.
1. Mass, heap, file, drift; கூட்டம். மூடின திருட்படலை மூவுலகும் [kuttam. mudina thirudpadalai muvulagum] (கம்பராமாயணம் மாரீச. [kambaramayanam marisa.] 46).
2. String of small tinkling bells for a horse; குதிரைக் கிண்கிணி மாலை. [kuthiraig kinkini vaithiya malaiyagarathi]
3. A bunch of fruits; குலையிலுள்ள சீப்பு. வாழைக்குலையிலிருந்து ஒரு படலை இணுங்கு. [kulaiyilulla sippu. vazhaikkulaiyilirunthu oru padalai inungu.] Nāñ.
4. See படல் [padal],
1. படலைமுன்றில் [padalaimunril] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 319).
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Patalai (பதலை) noun
1. Mountain; வைத்திய மலையகராதி (பிங்கலகண்டு) இப்பதலைக்கல்லவோ [vaithiya malaiyagarathi (pingalagandu) ippathalaikkallavo] (இரகுவமிசம் தேனுவ. [iraguvamisam thenuva.] 62).
2. Hill; சிறுவைத்திய மலையகராதி (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [sirumalai. (sudamaninigandu)]
3. A kind of drum; மத்தளம். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [mathalam. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
4. Single-headed large drum; ஒரு கட் பகுவாய்ப்பறை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) நல்யா ழாகுளி பதலையொடு சுருக்கி [oru kad paguvaypparai. (pingalagandu) nalya zhaguli pathalaiyodu surukki] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 6, 4).
5. Large-mouthed pot; தாழி. (பிங்கலகண்டு) பதலைதோறும் பனிநீர் [thazhi. (pingalagandu) pathalaithorum paninir] (அரிச்சந்திர புராணம் விவாக. [arichandira puranam vivaga.] 292).
6. Ornamental pitcher mounted on a tower; etc.; கோபுரம் முதலியவற்றின்மேல் வைக்கும் அலங்காரக் கலசம். பதலைக் கபோதத் தொளிமாடம் [kopuram muthaliyavarrinmel vaikkum alangarag kalasam. pathalaig kapothath tholimadam] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் பெரியதி. [nalayira thivyappirapandam periyathi.] 3, 8, 2).
7. Boat; தோணி. [thoni.] (W.)
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Pāṭalai (பாடலை) noun < pāṭalā. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி [(sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi])
1. A tree; மரவகை. [maravagai.]
2. See பாடலிபுரம். [padalipuram.]
3. Durgā; துர்க்கை. [thurkkai.]
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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Starts with: Patalai-kayyantakarai, Patalaikaiantagerai, Patalaikkanni, Patalaivanku.
Ends with: Cankatappatalai, Civappatalai.
Full-text: Patalaikkanni, Patalaivanku, Cankatappatalai, Patalai-kayyantakarai, Patali, Ilai.
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