Toli, Ṭōlī, Ṭolī, Ṭōli, Toḻi, Toḷi, Tōli, Tōḻi, Tōḷi: 6 definitions

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Toli means something in Marathi, 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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Toli in India is the name of a plant defined with Indigofera tinctoria in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Anila tinctoria (L.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Flora of the Southern United States (1860)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Flora of Jamaica containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island (1920)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1789)
· Cytologia (1982)

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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

ṭōlī (टोली).—f The eighth of a pysa, a half-damaḍī. Ex. nalagē vēñcāvēṃ ṭōlīdhana nāvēṃ || tukā mhaṇē bhāvēṃ cāḍa ēka ||.

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ṭōḷī (टोळी).—f A band, body, troop, company. 2 A swarm of locusts.

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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

Ṭolī (टोली):—(nf) a team, batch, band, group, troop, troupe.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ṭōḷi (ಟೋಳಿ):—

1) [noun] a group of persons, forming a recognisable unit.

2) [noun] a military unit; a regiment or battalion.

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Toli (ತೊಲಿ):—

1) [noun] that which is hollow, empty.

2) [noun] a hole or hollow place; cavity.

3) [noun] the hollow eye-socket.

4) [noun] a protuberant, huge belly.

5) [noun] (fig.) that which is without any worth or of no use, importance or value; a person who is utterly weak.

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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

Ṭōli (டோலி) noun < Hindustain ḍōlā. Litter, dooly, a kind of sedan; தூக்கிச்செல்லும் மஞ்சம். [thukkichellum mancham.]

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Toli (தொலி) [tolittal] 11 transitive verb

1. cf. சொலி¹-. [soli¹-.] To strip off, as rind, bark; to flay; உரித் தல். [urith thal.] Local usage

2. To husk, hull, pound; உமி அல்லது தோடுபோக இடித்தல். [umi allathu thodupoga idithal.] Local usage

3. To beat severely; புடைத்தல். அவனைத் தொலித்துவிட்டார்கள். [pudaithal. avanaith tholithuvittarkal.]

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Toli (தொலி) noun < தொலி-. [tholi-.] [Malayalam: toli.]

1. Skin, rind; தோல். [thol.]

2. Husk; உமி. [umi.] (J.)

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Toḻi (தொழி) [toḻittal] 11 intransitive verb

1. To be angry, enraged; கோபித்தல். சிங்கம்போற் றொழித் தார்த்து [kopithal. singambor rozhith tharthu] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 2306).

2. cf. தெழி-. [thezhi-.] To sound, tinkle; ஒலித்தல். தொழித்த . . . கலனுஞ் சிந்தி [olithal. thozhitha . . . kalanugn sinthi] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 2969).

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Toḻi (தொழி) [toḻital] 4 intransitive verb To be spilt, scattered; சிதறுதல். தொழிந்துமட்டொழுக [sitharuthal. thozhinthumattozhuga] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 2673).

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Toḷi (தொளி) noun < தொள்-. [thol-.] See தொள்ளி. உழாநுண்டொளி [tholli. uzhanundoli] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 10, 120).

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Toḷi (தொளி) noun < pratōli. Street; வீதி. மண்டப மொண்டொளி யனைத்தும் [vithi. mandapa mondoli yanaithum] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் பெரியதி. [nalayira thivyappirapandam periyathi.] 2, 10, 5).

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Tōli (தோலி) noun < idem.

1. [Telugu:. cōli.] Rind, peel; பழத்தோல். [pazhathol.]

2. A fresh-water fish, Saccobranchus fossilis; மீன்வகை. [minvagai.]

3. See தோலாள். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [tholal. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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Tōli (தோலி) noun cf. தோழி². [thozhi².] Gum lac; அரக்கு. [arakku.] (W.)

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Tōli (தோலி) noun < Urdu dōli. Litter, dhooly. See டோலி. [doli.]

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Tōḻi (தோழி) noun Feminine of தோழன். [thozhan.]

1. A lady’s maid; பாங்கி. நல்லவென் றோழி [pangi. nallaven rozhi] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் நாய்ச். [nalayira thivyappirapandam nays.] 10, 10).

2. (erotics) Heroine's confidante, being the daughter of her fostermother; செவிலித்தாயின் மகள். தோழிதானே செவிலிமகளே [sevilithayin magal. thozhithane sevilimagale] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 125).

3. Wife; தேவி. பொற்றொடிப் பணைத் தோட் டோழியர் [thevi. porrodip panaith thod dozhiyar] (பெருங்கதை வத்தவ. [perungathai vathava.] 12, 19).

4. Maidservant; பணிசெய்பவள். [paniseypaval.] (இலக்கண விளக்கம் [ilakkana vilakkam] 207, உரை. [urai.])

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Tōḻi (தோழி) noun cf. தோலி². [tholi².] Gum lac; அரக்கு. (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [arakku. (agarathi nigandu)]

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Tōḷi (தோளி) noun < dōlā. Litter. See டோலி. [doli.] (W.)

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Tōḷi (தோளி) noun

1. A fresh-water fish, Saccobranchus fossilis: நன்னீர் மீன்வகை. [nannir minvagai.]

2. cf. drōṇī. Common indigo. See அவுரி. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [avuri. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

3. cf. தோழி². [thozhi².] Lac; அரக்கு. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [arakku. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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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

Ṭolī (टोली):—n. 1. party; crowd; group; 2. Mil. batch; party; squad;

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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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