Shale, Shǎ lè, Sha le, Shā lēi, Sha lei: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Shale means something in Hindi, biology. 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.
Ambiguity: Although Shale has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Shaila.
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Biology (plants and animals)
1) Sale in India is the name of a plant defined with Boswellia serrata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Boswellia thurifera Roxb. ex Flem. (among others).
2) Sale in Papua New Guinea is also identified with Plumeria rubra It has the synonym Plumeria conspicua G. Don (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Asiatic Researches, or ‘Transactions of the Society’ (1807)
· Bot. Commelins (1983)
· The India Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB)
· Planta Medica (2001)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1837)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Sale, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
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
Hindi dictionary
Shale in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a rock; hill, mountain; ~[raja] the Himalayas; -[samdhi] a valley; pass..—shale (शैल) is alternatively transliterated as Śaila.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Śale (ಶಲೆ):—
1) [noun] a oozing of water in drops (as from an underground source).
2) [noun] that from which something comes into existence, develops or derives; a source.
3) [noun] any person, place or thing by which something is supplied; a source.
4) [noun] something that indicates a fact, quality, etc.; an indication; a token; a sign.
5) [noun] a stream of water or a similar flow of anything.
6) [noun] the mouth ulcer of cattle.
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Śāle (ಶಾಲೆ):—
1) [noun] a cloth in gen.
2) [noun] sari (sīre, 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).
3) [noun] a sub-caste among weavers.
4) [noun] a kind of lose-textured cloth.
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Śāle (ಶಾಲೆ):—
1) [noun] = ಶಾಲಿ [shali]2 - 1 & 2.
2) [noun] a kind of superior quality rice.
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Śāle (ಶಾಲೆ):—
1) [noun] a big branch of a tree.
2) [noun] a house, residence or a building in gen. 3) a big hall of a building.
3) [noun] a building where horses are sheltered and fed.
4) [noun] a root-like extension that grows from the branch of a tree (as banian), take root in the ground, later becomes an additional trunk; an aerial root.
5) [noun] a place or institution for teaching and learning; establishment for education; a school.
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Sale (ಸಲೆ):—
1) [noun] a paying or being paid; payment.
2) [noun] (math.) the quantity obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together; the product of two or more quanitites.
3) [noun] the measure of a bounded region on a plane or of the surface of a solid; area.
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Sale (ಸಲೆ):—
1) [adverb] continuously; uninterruptedly.
2) [adverb] at all times; always.
3) [adverb] in a special manner ; specially.
4) [adverb] in a better or excellent manner.
5) [adverb] in a proper, fitting manner; aptly; appropriately.
6) [adverb] entirely; wholly.
7) [adverb] excessively; immoderately; greatly.
8) [adverb] actually; in fact; factually; truly.
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Sale (ಸಲೆ):—
1) [interjection] an interjection used to express one’s appreciation or to encourage another’s performance.
2) [interjection] a word, without adding or altering any meaning, used to make up the prosodic length of a line in a verse.
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Sāle (ಸಾಲೆ):—[noun] a narrow groove made in the ground by a plough; a furrow.
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Sāle (ಸಾಲೆ):—
1) [noun] a cloth in gen.
2) [noun] sari, 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.
3) [noun] a sub-caste among weavers.
4) [noun] a kind of lose-textured cloth.
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Sāle (ಸಾಲೆ):—
1) [noun] the aquatic grass Oryza sativa, grown wide for its grain, which forms a staple food in most of the countries; rice.
2) [noun] the rice grain.
3) [noun] a kind of superior quality rice.
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Sāle (ಸಾಲೆ):—
1) [noun] (correctly, ಶಾಲೆ [shale]) 1. a dwelling place; a house.
2) [noun] a room or building in which work, as manufacturing, repairing work, is carried on; a workshop.
3) [noun] an institution where instruction is given, persons are educated; a school, college, etc.
4) [noun] a building where horse, elephants are sheltered and fed; a stable.
5) [noun] ಸಾಲೆಗೆ ಹಾಕು [salege haku] sālege hāku to admit a child into school; ಸಾಲೆಬರೆ [salebare] sāle bare to join a school and be educated; ಸಾಲೆಮಠ [salematha] sāle maṭha = ಸಾಲೆ [sale]4 - 3.
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Sāle (ಸಾಲೆ):—[noun] the tree Shorea talura ( = S. robusta, = Vatica robusta) of Dipterocarpaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Sāle (साले):—n. a term of abuse against men;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Le, Lei, Sha.
Starts with: Salin, Sha leng leng, Shaleenta, Shaleju, Shalem, Shalendraraja, Shalendraskandha, Shalentila, Shaleya.
Full-text (+174): Patteshale, Majjanashale, Mukhashale, Mogashale, Danashale, Mallashale, Jenashale, Jayanashale, Sidisale, Mamtanashale, Camdrashale, Ramgashale, Tamkashale, Patashale, Jevanashale, Parnashale, Kridashale, Jannashale, Natakashale, Natyashale.
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