Tel: 5 definitions

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Tel means something in Hindi, 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.

Ambiguity: Although Tel has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Tela.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Tel in India is the name of a plant defined with Entada gigas in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acacia scandens Benth. (among others).

2) Tel is also identified with Sesamum indicum It has the synonym Capraria integerrima Miq. (etc.).

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

· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1979)
· Flora of Jamaica containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island (1920)
· Notices
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1985)
· Fl. Congo Belge & Ruanda-Urundi (1952)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2007)

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

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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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Tel in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) oil; petrol; —[cadhana] to perform to ceremony of premarital oil anointment; —[dekho tela ki dhara dekho] see which way the cat jumps/wind blows; —[nikalana] lit. to extract oil out of, to tire out, to make one work till one perspires profusely..—tel (तेल) is alternatively transliterated as Tela.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Teḷ (ತೆಳ್):—[adjective] = ತೆಳು [telu].

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Tēl (ತೇಲ್):—[verb] = ತೇಲು [telu].

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Tēḷ (ತೇಳ್):—[noun] = ತೇಳು [telu].

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Tēḻ (ತೇೞ್):—[noun] = ತೇಳು [telu].

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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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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tel (தெல்) noun See தெல்லு. [thellu.] (J.)

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Teḷ (தெள்) noun Flea. See தெள்ளு². [thellu².]

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Teḷ (தெள்) [teḷtal [teṭṭal]] 9 intransitive verb To become clear, clear-minded; தெளிதல். [thelithal.]

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Tēḷ (தேள்) noun [Telugu: tēlu, Kanarese, Malayalam: Travancore usage tēḷ.]

1. Scorpion; கொடுக்காற் கொட்டிவருத்தும் பிராணி வகை. தேட்கடுப்பன்ன நாட்படு தேறல் [kodukkar kottivaruthum pirani vagai. thedkaduppanna nadpadu theral] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 392, 16).

2. Scorpio in the zodiac; விருச்சிகராசி. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [viruchigarasi. (pingalagandu)] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 3, 123, உரை. [urai.])

3. The 17th nakṣatra. See அனுஷம். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [anusham. (pingalagandu)]

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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.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Tel is another spelling for तेल [tela].—n. oil;

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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.

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