Turk: 2 definitions
Introduction:
Turk means something in 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.
Ambiguity: Although Turk has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Turka.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Turk in India is the name of a plant defined with Portulaca oleracea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Portulaca oleracea L. var. sylvestris DC. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Linnaea (1851)
· Synopsis plantarum succulentarum (1812)
· Journal of Palynology (1980)
· Investigatio et Studium Naturae (1992)
· Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy (1993)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1823)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Turk, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, health benefits, 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
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryTurk in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a Turk..—turk (तुर्क) is alternatively transliterated as Turka.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+29): Turka, Turka bepa, Turka-cholam, Turkai, Turkattu, Turkavepa, Turken-dookii, Turkendoki, Turkey beard, Turkey bush, Turkey claw grass, Turkey corn, Turkey flower, Turkey mullein, Turkey-berry, Turkey-foot, Turki, Turkia, Turkicala, Turkinu.
Full-text: Turushka, Turaka, Turka, Turk's turban, Turki, Turk's-cap, Turakana, Turukka, Nitraria schoberi, Jalora, Shakhin, Ghazni, Alp Tegin, Samanid, Oxalis acetosella.
Relevant text
Search found 20 books and stories containing Turk; (plurals include: Turks). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Kemal and the New Turkey < [January-February 1933]
The Coming of the Mystics < [April 1937]
International Affairs: A Survey < [April 1958]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 11 - Country of Hi-mo-ta-lo (Himatala) < [Book XII - Twenty-two Countries]
Chapter 20 - Country of Su-man (Suman and Kulab) < [Book I - Thirty-Four Countries]
Chapter 6 - Country of Mung-kin (Munjan) < [Book XII - Twenty-two Countries]
The history of Andhra country (1000 AD - 1500 AD) (by Yashoda Devi)
Part 15 - Choda II (A.D. 1350) < [Chapter II - The Haihayas]
Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) (by Makarand Gopal Newalkar)
Sūtra 2.38 < [Book II - Sādhana-pāda]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter III - Hymns of destroying the Nagas, origin of Sagara < [Book IV]
Chapter XI - Race of Yadu, An account of Arjuna, the lord of a thousand arms < [Book IV]
Chapter XIII - An account of the sons of Satvata < [Book IV]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 2: Kumārapāla < [Chapter XII - Omniscience and wandering of Mahāvīra]