Names of Plants in India: Justicia adhatoda L.

jus-TEE-see-ah -- named for James Justice, Scottish botanist and horticulturist ... Dave's Botanary
ad-hat-OH-duh -- Latinized form of a Sinhalese name of a plant with bitter leaves ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Malabar nut • Ahom: aoung • Assamese: বগা বাহক boga bahok • Bengali: বাসক basak • Bodo: barsikho jola • Dogri: बसूटी basuti, बरहैंकड़ barahainkad • Gujarati: અરડૂસી aradusi • Hajong: dhola chunchuni • Hindi: अरुस arus, अड़ूसा arusa, प्रामाद्य pramadya, रूस rus, सिंहपर्णी sinh-parni, वाजिनी vajini, वसाका vasaka, विसौटा visauta • Kachchhi: ધ્રાબી અરડૂસી dhrabi aradusi • Kannada: ಆಡುಮುಟ್ಟದ ಗಿಡ aadumuttada gida, ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ aadusoge, ಅಡಸಾಲ adasaala, ಅಡ್ಡಸರ addasara • Kashmiri: बहिकथ् bahikath, बाँस bansa, वास wasa • Khampti: bohabahog • Kokborok: vashak • Konkani: अडूलशा adulasha, अडुलसो adulso, अडुसोगे adusoge • Malayalam: ആടലോടകം adalodakam • Manipuri: ꯅꯣꯡꯃꯥꯡꯈꯥ ꯑꯉꯧꯕꯥ nongmangkha angouba • Marathi: अडुळसा adulasa • Mishing: বাহেক ফুল bahek-phul, বাহক vahak • Mizo: kâwl-dai • Nagamese: mhejung • Nepali: असुरो asuro, कालो भासक kalo bhasaka • Nyishi: basok • Odia: ବାସଙ୍ଗ basanga, ବୃଶ brusha, ନାସା nasa, ପ୍ରାମାଦ୍ୟ pramadya, ଶିବ ମଲ୍ଲିକା shiba mallika, ସିଂହ ପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ simha parnni • Pahari: बांसटी baanstee, बसूटी basooti • Punjabi: ਬਸੂਟੀ basuti • Rabha: boga-baska, bokkai-mekha • Rajasthani: अडूसा adusa • Rangpuri: botsam luri • Sanskrit: अटरुष atarusa, प्रामाद्य pra-madya, सिंहास्या simhasya, वाजिदन्त vaji-danta, वाजिन् vajin, वासका vasaka, वसुक vasuka, वृषा vrsa • Tagin: basak • Tamil: ஆசலை acalai, ஆடாதோடை atatotai, ஆட்டுசம் attucam, சிம்மமுகி cimma-muki, சிங்கம் cinkam, சுவாது cuvatu, இரத்தபித்தம் iratta-pittam, காட்டுமுருங்கை kattu-murunkai, பாவட்டை pavattai, வாசை vacai, வாசாதி vacati, வைத்தியமாதா vaittiya-mata • Telugu: అడ్డసరము addasaramu • Tibetan: བཱ་ཤ་ཀ ba-sha-ka • Tulu: ಆಡಲೋಡ್ aadalodu, ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ aadusoge, ಯೇಡ್ ಮುಟ್ಟಂದಿ ತಪ್ಪು yedu muttandi tappu • Urdu: ارس arus, اڙوسا arusa, پراماديه pramadya, روس rus

botanical names: Justicia adhatoda L. ... homotypic synonyms: Adhatoda adhatoda (L.) Huth, not validly publ. • Adhatoda zeylanica Medik. • Ecbolium adhatoda (L.) Kuntze • Gendarussa adhadota (L.) Steud. ... heterotypic synonyms: Adhatoda vasica Nees ... and more at POWO, retrieved 13 May 2023

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Malabar nut

Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~

written in: Ahom ... almost an extinct language, currently undergoing a revival; was spoken in: Ahom kingdom (some part in present day Assam), ... almost other names for this language: Tai-Ahom

aoung

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 19 May 2023

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

বগা বাহক boga bahok

XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

বাসক basak

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Flora of Assam Vol III by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das, R N De

~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro

barsikho jola

Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

बसूटी basuti, बरहैंकड़ barahainkad

Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

અરડૂસી aradusi

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource
for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) ... sometimes found spelt as અરડુસી aradusi
for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... શો. વસાણી, મ. દી. વસાવડા, ગો. છ. ભાવસાર, સ. કોલાપ્પન - ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ - ગુજરાતી ભાષાનો સર્વપ્રથમ વિશ્વકોશ

અરડૂસો araduso - wrong name for this plant

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource
Many thanks to Kiratsinh Zala for clarification about this name ... Arduso is a different plant which is called Ailanthus excelsa Roxb. ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~

written in: Bengali-Assamese (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal

dhola chunchuni

Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

अरुस arus, रूस rus

A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

अड़ूसा arusa, प्रामाद्य pramadya, सिंहपर्णी sinh-parni, वाजिनी vajini

for Justicia adhenatoda (Justicia adhatoda wrongly spelt) ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

वसाका vasaka

विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश

विसौटा visauta

WISDOM LIBRARY - the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat

ધ્રાબી અરડૂસી dhrabi aradusi

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಆಡುಮುಟ್ಟದ ಗಿಡ aadumuttada gida

Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಆಡುಮುಟ್ಟದ ಗಿಡ aadumuttada gida = plant not touched or eaten by goat

ಆಡುಸೋಗೆ aadusoge

or ಅಡುಸೋಗೆ adusoge ... for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

ಅಡಸಾಲ adasaala

or ಅಡಸಲ adasala or ಆಡಸಾಲ aadasaala ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

ಅಡ್ಡಸರ addasara

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore
Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~

written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir ... other names for this language: Koshur

बहिकथ् bahikath, बाँस bansa, वास wasa

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson

~~~~~ KHAMTI ~~~~~

written in: Lik-Tai [Khamti variation of Burmese (တဲး)ၵမ်းတီႈ / (တဲး)ၵံးတီႈ] ... spoken by: Tai-Khampti people in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... other names for this language: Khampti

bohabahog

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 19 May 2023

~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~

written in: Roman, Bengali ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Trippera

vashak

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Medicinal plants of the State of Tripura

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

अडूलशा adulasha

my mother-tongue

अडुलसो adulso

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

अडुसोगे adusoge

known from Konkani-speaking community

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

ആടലോടകം adalodakam

Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name
വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei

ꯅꯣꯡꯃꯥꯡꯈꯥ ꯑꯉꯧꯕꯥ nongmangkha angouba

Flowers of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

अडुळसा adulasa

विकिपीडिया - मुक्त ज्ञानकोश
for Justicia adhenatoda (Justicia adhatoda wrongly spelt) ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
for Adhatoda zeylanica Medik. ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~

written in: Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Mising, Plains Miri

বাহেক ফুল bahek-phul, বাহক vahak

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 19 May 2023

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian

kâwl-dai

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Dictionary of the Lushai language by James Herbert Lorrain

~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Nagaland ... the Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples

mhejung

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Zhasa, N.N. & Hazarika, P. & TRIPATHI, YOGESH. (2015). Indigenous Knowledge on Utilization of Plant Biodiversity for Treatment and Cure of Diseases of Human Beings in Nagaland, India: A Case Study. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 4. 89-106.

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

अलेहा alehaa, असुरो asuro, भसिङ्गो bhasingo, कालो भासक kaalo bhaasak

Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~

written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung

basok

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 19 May 2023

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ବାସଙ୍ଗ basanga, ବୃଶ brusha, ପ୍ରାମାଦ୍ୟ pramadya, ଶିବ ମଲ୍ଲିକା shiba mallika (or ଶିବ ମଲ୍ଲୀ shiba malli), ସିଂହ ପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ simha parnni

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

ନାସା nasa

Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand

बांसटी baanstee, बसूटी basooti

Many thanks to Dr Anil Kumar Thakur for help with these names, via comment in ... Names of Plants in India ... these names prevalent in some parts of Himachal Pradesh ... बांसटी baanstee (in mid hill areas) and बसूटी basooti (in lower hills)

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab

ਬਸੂਟੀ basuti

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Sharma, Ajay & Bhardwaj, Garima & Cannoo, Damanjit. (2018). Overview of Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Adhatoda vasica.

~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (ৰাভা), Bengali ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya

boga-baska, bokkai-mekha

the name needs to be rendered in native script
Deka, Dipali - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan

अडूसा adusa

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Rajasthan Government - Forest Department

~~~~~ RANGPURI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali-Assamese (রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী), Devanagari (रंगपुरी) ... spoken in: Bangladesh, north Bengal, lower Assam ... other names for this language: Anchalit, Bahe, Deshi, Koch-Rajbongshi

botsam luri

the name needs to be rendered in native script
Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 19 May 2023

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

अटरुष atarusa (or अटरूष atarusa)

॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः

प्रामाद्य pramadya, सिंहास्या simhasya, वाजिदन्त vajidanta, वासका vasaka

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः

वाजिन् vajin

Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः

वसुक vasuka

for Adhatoda vasica Nees ... ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः

वृषा vrsa

for Gendarussa adhadota (L.) Steud. ... ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः

~~~~~ TAGIN ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: West Dafla, Bangni ... spoken by: Tagin people or Ghasi Miri people

basak

Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 19 May 2023

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ஆசலை acalai, ஆட்டுசம் attucam, சிம்மமுகி cimma-muki, சிங்கம் cinkam, சுவாது cuvatu, இரத்தபித்தம் iratta-pittam, காட்டுமுருங்கை kattu-murunkai, பாவட்டை pavattai, வாசை vacai, வாசாதி vacati, வைத்தியமாதா vaittiya-mata

for Malabar nut ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

ஆடாதோடை atatotai

Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

అడ్డసరము addasaramu, వాసక vasaka

Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~

written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan

བཱ་ཤ་ཀ ba-sha-ka

84000 : Translating the words of the Buddha

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಆಡಲೋಡ್ aadalodu