Tuli, Tuḷī, Tulī, Tūli, Tūḷi: 15 definitions

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1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Prakrit
4. Kannada
5. Tamil
6. Nepali
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Introduction:

Tuli means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

The Sanskrit terms Tuḷī and Tūḷi can be transliterated into English as Tuli or Tulii, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Tuli in India is the name of a plant defined with Ceiba pentandra in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Eriodendron occidentale (Spreng.) G. Don (among others).

2) Tuli is also identified with Indigofera tinctoria It has the synonym Indigofera tinctoria Chapm. (etc.).

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

· Indigofera (1768)
· The Religion. (1971)
· Novon (1994)
· Biodiversidad del estado de Tabasco (2005)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1831)
· Phytotherapy Research (2001)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Tuli, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

tuḷī (तुळी).—f C (Commonly tuḷaī) A beam.

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

tuḷī (तुळी).—f (Commonly tuḷaī) A beam.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tuli (तुलि) or Tulī (तुली).—f. = तुरी (turī) (1) and (2) q.v.

Derivable forms: tuliḥ (तुलिः).

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Tūli (तूलि).—f. A painter's brush.

Derivable forms: tūliḥ (तूलिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Tūli (तूलि).—or tūlī (compare Sanskrit and Pali tūla; Sanskrit Lex. tūli, tūlī, paintbrush), tuft (of grass): tṛṇasya tūli (acc. sg.; m.c.) Lalitavistara 75.1 (verse).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tuli (तुलि).—f. (-liḥ or -lī) 1. A fibrous stick or brush used by weavers for cleaning the threads of the woof. 2. A painter’s brush, or fibrous stick used for that purpose: see tūlikā, E. tul to resemble, &c. affix ka, fem. affix in or ṅīṣ; also with la changed to ra, turi, turī.

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Tūli (तूलि).—f.

(-liḥ) A painter’s brush, or a fibrous stick used as one, and for other purposes. E. tūl to send forth or cut, affix inḥ see tūla and tūlī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Tuli (तुलि):—lī See turi and rī.

2) Tūlī (तूली):—[from tūla] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] cotton, [Sāṃkhyakārikā 17; Gauḍap.]

4) [v.s. ...] = li, [Uṇādi-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

5) [v.s. ...] = -paṭī, [Subhāṣitāvali; Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad i, 86 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

6) [v.s. ...] the Indigo plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) Tūli (तूलि):—[from tūlaka > tūla] f. a painter’s brush (cf. turī), [Uṇādi-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Tuli (तुलि):—[(liḥ-lī)] 2. 3. f. A brush, either weaver’s or painter’s.

2) phalā (lā) 1. f. Silk-cotton tree.

3) Tūli (तूलि):—(liḥ) 2. f. A painter’s brush.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Tūlī (तूली) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Tūlī.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tuli in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Tūlī (तूली) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Tūlī.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tuḷi (ತುಳಿ):—

1) [verb] to press or beat with the feet so as to crush or injure; to tread; to trample.

2) [verb] to oppress, subdue or destroy, by or as if by stepping on.

3) [verb] to annoy; to harm; to molest.

4) [verb] to press hard or closely; to exert pressure on, esp. from two or more sides to compress; to squeeze.

5) [verb] to walk on, in, along, over etc.

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Tuḷi (ತುಳಿ):—[noun] = ತುಳಿತ [tulita].

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Tuḷi (ತುಳಿ):—[noun] soft, fluffy feathers, as the outer covering on young birds or an inner layer of feathers on adult birds; down.

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Tuḻi (ತುೞಿ):—

1) [verb] to press or beat with the feet so as to crush or injure; to tread; to trample.

2) [verb] to oppress, subdue or destroy, by or as if by stepping on.

3) [verb] to annoy; to harm; to molest.

4) [verb] to press hard or closely; to exert pressure on, esp. from two or more sides; to compress; to squeeze.

5) [verb] to walk on, in, along, over etc.

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Tuḻi (ತುೞಿ):—[noun] the act or an instance of pressing or beating with the feet to or as to crush; a trampling.

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Tūli (ತೂಲಿ):—[noun] = ತೂಲ - [tula -] 1.

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Tūli (ತೂಲಿ):—[noun] = ತೂಲತಲ್ಪ [tulatalpa].

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tuli (துலி) noun < duli. Female tortoise; பெண்ணாமை. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [pennamai. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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Tuḷi (துளி) [tuḷittal] 11 verb [Malayalam: tuḷikka.] intransitive

1. To drip, fall in drops, as rain, as tears, as honey; to trickle down; சொட்டுதல். மதுவந் துளிக்குஞ் சோலை [sottuthal. mathuvan thulikkugn solai] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 395, 4).

2. To rain; மழைபெய்தல். மங்கு லற்கமொடு பொங்குபு துளிப்ப [mazhaipeythal. mangu larkamodu pongupu thulippa] (அகநா. [agana.] 235). — transitive To sprinkle, let fall in drops; துளியாய்த் தெளித்தல். [thuliyayth thelithal.]

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Tuḷi (துளி) noun < துளி-. [thuli-.] [Malayalam: tuḷi.]

1. Raining, dripping; துளிக்கை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [thulikkai. (pingalagandu)]

2. Rain-drop, globule of water; திவலை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [thivalai. (pingalagandu)]

3. Rain; மழை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) துளியி னுழந்த தோய்வருஞ் சிமைதொறும் [mazhai. (pingalagandu) thuliyi nuzhantha thoyvarugn simaithorum] (பரிபாடல் [paripadal] 7, 13).

4. Minim, drop, as a measure; ஒரு சொட்டளவு. மருந்தில் எத்தனைதுளி விட்டுக் கொடுக்கவேண்டும் [oru sottalavu. marunthil ethanaithuli vittug kodukkavendum]?

5. Small quantity; சிறிதளவு. அம்மருந்தில் துளி கொடு. [sirithalavu. ammarunthil thuli kodu.]

6. Poison; விஷம். துளி மண்டி யுண்டு நிறம்வந்த கண்டன் [visham. thuli mandi yundu niramvantha kandan] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 36, 1).

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Tuḷi (துளி) noun < duli. Female tortoise; பெண்ணாமை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [pennamai. (pingalagandu)]

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Tūli (தூலி) [tūlittal] 11 intransitive verb < idem.

1. To grow stout, bulky or corpulent; பருத்தல். அவன் தேகம் தூலித்துவிட்டது [paruthal. avan thegam thulithuvittathu]

2. To increase, abound; பெருகுதல். தூலிக்கும் வினைகள் [peruguthal. thulikkum vinaigal] (ஞானவாசிட்டம் தாம. [gnanavasittam thama.] 15).

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Tūli (தூலி) noun < tūli. See தூலிகை. [thuligai.]

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Tūḷi (தூளி) [tūḷittal] 11 intransitive verb < sthūla. To grow stout, bulky; பருத்தல். [paruthal.] (W.)

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Tūḷi (தூளி) [tūḷittal] 11 transitive verb < dhūli. To besmear one’s body with the dry sacred ashes; விபூதியால் உத்தூளனஞ் செய்தல். ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [viputhiyal uthulanagn seythal. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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Tūḷi (தூளி) noun < dhūli.

1. Dust; புழுதி. ஏத்துவார்க ளுழக்கிய பாததூளி படுதலாலிவ் வுலகம் பாக்கியஞ் செய்ததே [puzhuthi. ethuvarka luzhakkiya pathathuli paduthalaliv vulagam pakkiyagn seythathe] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் பெரிய.ாழ். [nalayira thivyappirapandam periyazh.] 4, 4, 6).

2. Pollen; பூந்தாது. [punthathu.]

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Tūḷi (தூளி) noun < sthūrin. Horse; குதிரை. (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [kuthirai. (agarathi nigandu)]

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Tūḷi (தூளி) noun cf. dhvani. Noise, tumult; ஆர்ப்பு. [arppu.]

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Tūḷi (தூளி) noun < dōlā. Local usage

1. Dhooly, swinging litter consisting of a frame suspended by its four corners from a pole; டோலி. [doli.]

2. Cradle-cloth; ஏணை. [enai.]

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Tulī (तुली):—adj. fem. thin; weak; n. fem. (Hinduism) a child scaled with cow dung with hope of recovery from illness;

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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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