Tasu, Tasū: 5 definitions

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Tasu means something in Marathi, 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tasu in India is the name of a plant defined with Butea monosperma in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rudolphia frondosa (Willd.) Poir. (among others).

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

· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1825)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Species Plantarum. (1802)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

tasū (तसू).—m tasūṃ n A measure of length,--the 24th part of a gaja, or the breadth of the second and third fingers.

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

tasū (तसू).—m sūṃ n The 24th part of a gaja.

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Tasū (तसू):—(nm) a unit of measure (esp. used in the context of building work).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tāsu (ತಾಸು):—

1) [noun] a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes; an hour.

2) [noun] the period between two events or during which something exists, happens or acts; period of time.

3) [noun] a metal disk, heavy rod, etc. used to indicate the time or hour, by striking; a metal gong.

4) [noun] the sound below the hearing threshold (having lesser loudness, believed to be heard only by mystics).

5) [noun] ತಾಸಿನ ಬಟ್ಟಲು [tasina battalu] tāsina baṭṭalu an hourglass like metal or glass container used for measuring time by the trickling of water through a small opening; ತಾಸು ಬಡಿ [tasu badi] tāsu baḍi to strike a gong t indicate the start or end of a period of time.

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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.

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