Monday, 13 November 2023

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

nee-LUM-bo or nay-LUM-bo -- Latinized form of aboriginal name ... Dave's Botanary
noo-SIFF-er-uh -- nut-bearing ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: lotus, sacred lotus • Assamese: কমল komol • Bengali: কমল kamal • Bhojpuri: कमल kamal • Bishnupriya Manipuri: পদ্ম ফুল padda phul • Bodo: फामे बिबार phame bibar, थब्ल बिबार thoblo bibar • Dimasa: pami • Dogri: कमल kamal • Garo: mongnal • Gujarati: મોટુ કમળ motu kamal, સુર્ય કમળ surya kamal • Hindi: कमल kamal • Kachchhi: વડો કમર vado kamar • Kannada: ಕಮಲ kamala, ತಾವರೆ thaavare • Kashmiri: कमल् kamal, پَمپوش pamposh • Karbi: pindong • Khasi: soh-lapudong • Konkani: कमळ kamal • Maithili: कमल kamal • Malayalam: താമര thaamara • Malvani: कमाळ kamaal • Manipuri: ꯊꯝꯕꯥꯜ thambal • Marathi: कमळ kamal • Mundari: कोम्बल बहा kombal baha, सालुकिद बहा salukid baha, उपल बहा upal baha • Nagamese: podum • Nepali: कमल kamal • Odia: ପଦ୍ମ ଫୁଲ padma-phula • Pali: कमल kamal, पदुम paduma • Punjabi: ਕੰਵਲ kanwal • Sanskrit: अब्ज abja, अम्बुज ambuja, अनीकिनी anikini, अरविन्द aravinda, देवन devana, गम्भीर gambhira, हिम hima, कमल kamala, कवार kavara, मृणालिनी mrinalini, नलिनी nalini, पद्म padma, पुष्कर pushkara, सरोज saroja, शीतल shitala, शोभन shobhana • Santali: ᱩᱯᱟᱹᱞ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ upal baha • Sindhi: پَدَمُ padamu • Tai: বক্ মূ bok mu • Tamil: தாமரை thaamarai • Telugu: కమలం kamalamu, పద్మం padmamu, తామర thaamara • Tibetan: པད་མ pad ma • Tulu: ತಾಮರೆ thaamare • Urdu: کنول kanwal


botanical names: Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. ... heterotypic synonyms: Nelumbium speciosum Willd. • Nelumbium tamara (DC.) Sweet ... and many more at POWO, retrieved 16 October 2023
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
lotus, sacred lotus
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
কমল komol
  • 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
কমল kamal
~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (भोजपुरी) ... spoken in: eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northwestern Jharkhand
कमल kamal
~~~~~ BISHNUPRIYA MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese (বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী) ... spoken in: Assam, Tripura, Manipur ... other names for this language: Bishnupriya Meitei
পদ্ম ফুল padda phul
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~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
फामे बिबार phame bibar, थब्ल बिबार thoblo bibar
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~~~~~ DIMASA ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Hill Kachari
pami (or pamibar)
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~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
कमल kamal
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
mongnal
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~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
મોટુ કમળ motu kamal, સુર્ય કમળ surya kamal
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
कमल kamal
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
વડો કમર vado kamar
  • for Nelumbium speciosum Willd. ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 ... or simply કમર kamar
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕಮಲ kamala, ತಾವರೆ thaavare
~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
pindong
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir
कमल् kamal
پَمپوش pamposh
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
soh-lapudong
  • for Nelumbium speciosum Willd. ... Flora of Assam Vol I (Part I) by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
कमळ kamal
~~~~~ MAITHILI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मैथिली) ... spoken in: Bihar, Jharkhand
कमल kamal
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
താമര thaamara
~~~~~ MALVANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मालवणी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra (only in the Sindhudurg district), north Goa (especially Pernem taluka) ... a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords
कमाळ kamaal
  • Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar and Raj Gurav for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯊꯝꯕꯥꯜ thambal
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~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कमळ kamal
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
कोम्बल बहा kombal baha, सालुकिद बहा salukid baha, उपल बहा upal baha
~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Nagaland ... the Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples
podum
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
कमल kamal
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha
ପଦ୍ମ ଫୁଲ padma-phula
~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars
कमल kamal, पदुम paduma
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਕੰਵਲ kanwal
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
अब्ज abja, अम्बुज ambuja, अनीकिनी anikini, अरविन्द aravinda, देवन devana, गम्भीर gambhira, हिम hima, कमल kamala, कवार kavara, मृणालिनी mrinalini, नलिनी nalini, पद्म padma, पुष्कर pushkara, सरोज saroja, शीतल shitala, शोभन shobhana
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱩᱯᱟᱹᱞ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ upal baha
~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~
written in: Perso-Arabic (سِنڌِي), Devanagari (सिन्धी) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
پَدَمُ padamu
~~~~~ TAI AITON ~~~~~
written in: Burmese (Aiton variation, called Lik-Tai), Assamese ... spoken in: Assam ... Tai family of languages spoken in nort-east India: Tai Ahom, Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, Tai Turung, Tai Khamyang and Tai Khamti
বক্ মূ bok mu
  • XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu
தாமரை thaamarai
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
కమలం kamalamu, పద్మం padmamu
తామర thaamara
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
པད་མ pad ma
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Kannada, Malayalam ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ತಾಮರೆ thaamare
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
کنول kanwal
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
almost throughout, often cultivated
~~~~~ Last updated: 13-11-2023 ~~~~~
Nelumbonaceae aquatic perennial herb "Nelumbo nucifera" "Nelumbium speciosum" "Nelumbium tamara" lotus "sacred lotus"
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