Shopa, Śōpa, Śopa: 4 definitions
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Shopa means something in the history of ancient India, Marathi, 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.
India history and geography
Source: Shodhganga: Deforestation in Nagaland: a historical perspectiveSopa is the name of a plant corresponding to Magnolia rubra, according to the author Lanukumla Ao in his thesis “Deforestation in Nagaland”, mentioning the source: Annual Administrative Report 2012-2013.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Sopa in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Zea mays in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Zea indurata Sturtev. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Catalogo del Real Orto Botanico di Napoli (1845)
· FBI (1897)
· Phytologia (1978)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum… . (1788)
· Botanische Zeitung. Berlin (1851)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Sopa, for example extract dosage, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, 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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśōpa (शोप) [or शोंप, śōmpa].—f ( H) Anise-seed, Pimpinella anisum; also Anethum sowa. Rox.
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śōpā (शोपा) [or प्या, pyā].—a (śōpa) That has the smell of Anise-seed;--esp. used of a kind of mango.
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sōpa (सोप).—n m C sōpaṭa n C An integument or sheath of the stock of the Plantain. 2 sōpaṭa is further (because usually a piece of Plantain-integument) the bell-band beneath the neck of a bullock. 3 Both sōpa & sōpaṭa are, in some districts, synonymous with ḍāṅga--A whole plantain-leaf from end to end. tapakirīñcēṃ sōpa A square piece of the integument of the Plantain-tree, folded over, and forming a primitive snuff-box.
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sōpā (सोपा).—a (svalpa S?) Easy of performance or accomplishment, facile.
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sōpā (सोपा).—m A long building, such as a stable, cowhouse, barn: also an arm or a wing of a house after this form; a branch of a veranda; any long division or slip.
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sōpā (सोपा).—m A piece of rag put into ink.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishśōpa (शोप).—f Anise-seed.
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sōpa (सोप).—n m sōpaṭa, sōpāṭa n A sheath of the stock of the Plantain.
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sōpā (सोपा).—a Facile. Easy of accomplishment. m A branch of a veranda. Any long division. A piece of rag put into ink.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Shopakataila, Shopanakshatai, Shopanam, Shoparipaka, Shopata.
Ends with: Balanta shopa, Sakshopa.
Full-text (+3): Shopata, Aticchatraka, Sopa sopa, Aticchatra, Balanta shopa, Shaulpha, Bamlatashepa, Sopara, Sohapa, Karavi, Balantashepa, Shataprasuna, Tita-sopa, Durupacara, Shaleya, Alpapatra, Shatapushpa, Kamsika, Upanah, Copa.
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