Tittam, Tiṭṭam, Tīṭṭam, Tīttam: 2 definitions
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Tittam means something in 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Tittam in India is the name of a plant defined with Indigofera trita in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tephrosia frutescens (Mill.) DC. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· Flora Mexicana (1894)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1789)
· Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l’Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts (1814)
· Blumea (1984)
· Kew Bulletin (1950)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Tittam, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, 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
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconTiṭṭam (திட்டம்) noun cf. dṛḍha. [Telugu: diṭṭamu.]
1. [K. diṭṭa.] Certainty, explicitness; நிச்சயம். திட்டமாப் பரகதி சேர வேண்டிடில் [nichayam. thittamap paragathi sera vendidil] (செவ்வந்திப்புராணம் பிரமதேவ. [sevvanthi. pu. piramatheva.] 25).
2. Permanence; நிலைவரம். மயிலைக்கட் டிட்டங் கொண்டார் [nilaivaram. mayilaikkad dittang kondar] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 1118, 1).
3. Equitableness, correctness, justness, exactness; செவ்வை. [sevvai.]
4. Arrangement, adjustment; ஏற்பாடு. அவர்தந் திராணிக்குத்தக்க திட்டஞ் செய்வதுவும் [erpadu. avarthan thiranikkuthakka thittagn seyvathuvum] (பணவிடுதூது [panaviduthuthu] 26).
5. Completeness; பூரணம். [puranam.] (W.)
6. Rule, canon, standard; கட் டளை. [kad dalai.]
7. Estimate, guess, conjecture; மதிப்பு. கலியாணஞ்செய்யத் திட்டம் யாது? [mathippu. kaliyanancheyyath thittam yathu?]
8. Rate, allowance, determined quantity; கட்டளையளவு. கோயிலில் தினத்திட்டம். [kattalaiyalavu. koyilil thinathittam.]
9. Estimated aggregate of the revenue of a village for the year from investigation of each separate holding; scheme of expenditure; memorandum taken from each ryot of the extent which he intends to cultivate (R. F.); அரசிறைமதிப்பு, செலவுமதிப்பு, சாகுபடி மதிப்பு முதலியன. [arasiraimathippu, selavumathippu, sagupadi mathippu muthaliyana.]
10. A deduction of fixed extent of land as inam; பூர்வீக இனாம் நிலங்களை உரிமையினின்று நீக்குகை. [purviga inam nilangalai urimaiyininru nikkugai.] (G. T n. D. I , 311.)
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Tiṭṭam (திட்டம்) noun < dṛṣṭa. That which is perceptible; காணப்படுவது. அது திட்டமோ வதிட்டமோ [kanappaduvathu. athu thittamo vathittamo] (பிரபோதசந்திரோதயம் [pirapothasandirothayam] 43, 2).
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Tittam (தித்தம்) noun < digdha. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி [yazhppanathu manippayagarathi])
1. Fire; அக்கினி. [akkini.]
2. Fable; கட்டுக்கதை. [kattukkathai.]
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Tittam (தித்தம்) noun < tikta.
1. Bitterness; கசப்பு. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [kasappu. (pingalagandu)]
2. See தித்தகம். (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [thithagam. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]
3. Creat. See நிலவேம்பு. [nilavembu.] (W.)
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Tīṭṭam (தீட்டம்) noun < தீட்டு³. [thittu³.] [Malayalam: tīṭṭa.]
1. See தீட்டு³. [thittu³.]
2. Fæces; மலம். [malam.] Nāñ.
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Tīttam (தீத்தம்) noun < dīpta. See தீப்தம். தீத்தமுதலைந்தும் . . . வாய்த்தன [thiptham. thithamuthalainthum . . . vaythana] (சைவசமய நெறி பொது. [saivasamaya neri pothu.] 332).
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Tīttam (தீத்தம்) noun < tīrtha. Water; தீர்த்தம். (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [thirtham. (agarathi nigandu)]
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Tittam (தித்தம்) noun < dīpta. Effulgence; ஒளி. தித்த தவர் [oli. thitha thavar] (மேருமந்தரபுராணம் [merumandarapuranam] 1097).
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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Starts with: Tittamaricam, Tittamidu, Tittamirtam, Tittampannu.
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