Biology (plants and animals)

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

Payali in India is the name of a plant defined with Spinacia oleracea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Atriplex stocksii Boiss. (among others).

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

· Flora Orientalis (1879)
· Gen. Pl. ed. 5 (1754)
· Nordic Journal of Botany (1991)
· J. Shanghai Agric. Coll. (1993)
· Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis (1789)
· Methodus (Moench) (1794)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Payali, for example side effects, diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pāyalī (पायली).—f A measure of four sher (pakkā or kaccā). Pr. āṇa pā0 karūṃ dē vāyalī Go to, let us eat and enjoy ourselves. 2 C The socket of a millstone. 3 In Khandesh the pāyalī is forty-eight sher. See under ḍōḷā. āpalī pā0 bharaṇēṃ To regard self; to fill one's own measure. pā0 bharaṇēṃ g.of s. To have one's measure (i. e. the measure of one's iniquities, the period of one's life or of one's prosperous circumstances &c.) filled. pā0 cā pasā karaṇēṃ-hōṇēṃ To make--or to become--a handful out of four sher. Used where crimping, cabbaging, or illicit appropriation is charged or suspected. Also, generally, to reduce, or to be reduced, exceedingly. pā0 cē pandharā (Fifteen to a payli.) A term for a light, insignificant fellow.

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pāyaḷī (पायळी).—f A grass-sickle.

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

pāyalī (पायली).—f A measure of four shers. āpalī pā?B bharaṇēṃ To regard self. pā bharaṇēṃ To have one's measure, where crimping, cabbaging, or illicit, appropriation is charged or suspect- ed. Also, generally, to reduce, or to be reduced, exceedingly. pā?B cē pandharā Light, insignificant fellows.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pāyali (ಪಾಯಲಿ):—[noun] a measure of four seers.

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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

Payali (பயலி) noun < idem. Stupid fellow, dunce; மூடன். நான் முதலியாகிலுமாகிறேன், பயலி யாகிலுமாகிறேன் [mudan. nan muthaliyagilumagiren, payali yagilumagiren] (ஈடு-முப்பத்தாறுயிரப்படி [idu-muppatharuyirappadi], 6, 2, 6).

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Payali (பயலி) noun < பசளி. [pasali.] See பசளை. [pasalai.] Local usage

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Payaḷi (பயளி) noun See பயலை. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [payalai. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Payalisamgha, Payaliya, Payaliya.

Full-text (+6): Barola, Kudava, Coba, Payile, Payili, Adholi, Payalisamgha, Baroli, Adasheri, Athava, Nithavem, Bharadana, Cothava, Rumali Panti, Barula, Baruli, Payala, Bhunda, Palla, Hona.

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