NIM-fee-uh or nim-FAY-uh -- Greek mythology: Nymphaia (water goddess) ... Dave's Botanary
no-uh-KHA-lee -- of or from Noakhali ... one of their (KEW's) specimens contains a note that Noakhali is a district in Bangladesh ... efloraofindia ... N. nouchali is national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ... Wikipedia
commonly known as: blue lotus, blue water lily, star lotus • Assamese: ভেটফুল bhetphul, কুমুদ kumud, উৎপল utpol • Bengali: কুমুদ kumuda, সাদা শাপলা sada shapala, শালুক shaluka, তারা শাপলা tara shapala • Bodo: सिलङ बिबार selong bebar • Gujarati: નીલ કમલ neel kamal, પોયણાં poyana • Hindi: नीलकमल neelkamal, नीलोत्पल neelotpal • Kannada: ಕೋಮಳೆ komale, ನೈದಿಲೆ naidile, ನೀಲ ತಾವರೆ neela thaavare • Karbi: mirdong • Kashmiri: बुमि-पोश् bumi-posh, कुमुदपुष्पम् kumudapushpam • Kokborok: lal sapla, sankha sapla • Konkani: कस्तूरी साळक kasturi salak • Malayalam: ആമ്പൽ aambal, ചിറ്റാമ്പൽ chittaambal • Manipuri: ꯊꯔꯤꯛꯊꯥ thariktha • Marathi: कुमुद kumud, उपल्या कमळ upalya kamal • Nepali: नीलो कमल neelo kamal, सेतो कमल seto kamal • Odia: ନୀଳ କଇଁ nila kaim • Pali: इंदीवर indivara • Persian: نيلوفر nilofar • Punjabi: ਨੀਲੋਫਰ nilofar • Sanskrit: इन्दीवर indivara • Tai: বক্ পাপ্ পুঙ্ bok pap pung • Tamil: அல்லி alli, கருநெய்தல் karu-neytal, நெய்தல் மலர் neytal malar, நீலாம்பல் nilampal • Telugu: అల్లి కాడ alli kada, అల్లి తామర alli tamara, ఇందీవరము indeevaramu, కుముద kumuda, నల్ల కలువ nalla kaluva, నల్లని పద్మము nallani padmamu, నీటి తామర neeti tamara, తెల్ల కలువ tella kaluva, ఉత్పలము utpalamu • Tibetan: དྲི་མཆོག dri mchog • Tulu: ಕೋಮಳೆ komale • Urdu: گُل نیلوفر gul-e-neelofar
botanical names: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. ... accepted infraspecifics: Nymphaea nouchali var. nouchali ... heterotypic synonyms: Nymphaea cyanea Roxb. ex G.Don • Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... more at POWO, retrieved 11 December 2023
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
blue lotus, blue water lily, star lotus
- Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
- Botanically, lotus and water lily are different. However in India, as well as in many Asian countries, their regional names including the English, are used interchangeably.
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
ভেটফুল bhetphul, কুমুদ kumud, উৎপল utpol
- 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
কুমুদ kumuda, সাদা শাপলা sada shapala, শালুক shaluka, তারা শাপলা tara shapala
- উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
सिलङ बिबार selong bebar
- XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
નીલ કમલ neel kamal
- or simply કમલ kamal ... Many thanks to Viplav Gangar for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- or just કમલ kamal ... for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ - પોયણાં - મ. ઝ. શાહ, આદિત્યભાઈ પટેલ
પોયણાં poyana
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ - પોયણાં - મ. ઝ. શાહ, આદિત્યભાઈ પટેલ
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
नीलकमल neelkamal
- Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
नीलोत्पल neelotpal
- for Nymphaea cyanea Roxb. ex G.Don ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕೋಮಳೆ komale
- 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
ನೈದಿಲೆ naidile
- 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
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
ನೀಲ ತಾವರೆ neela thaavare
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library ... ನೀಲ neela = blue; ತಾವರೆ thaavare = lotus OR water-lily
~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
mirdong
- 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
बुमि-पोश् bumi-posh (or बुम्ब्-पोश् bumb-posh), कुमुदपुष्पम् kumudapushpam
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson
~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Trippera
lal sapla
- Bhowmik, Somnath & Saha, Reema & Datta, B. (2008). Aquatic and marshland plants in West Tripura, India
sankha sapla
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... Bhowmik, Somnath & Saha, Reema & Datta, B. (2008). Aquatic and marshland plants in West Tripura, India
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊംകണീ), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कस्तूरी साळक kasturi salak
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
ആമ്പൽ aambal
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
ചിറ്റാമ്പൽ chittaambal
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯊꯔꯤꯛꯊꯥ thariktha
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कुमुद kumud
- TransLiteral Foundations - a nonprofit Public Service initiative
उपल्या कमळ upalya kamal
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... मराठी शब्दकोश - मराठी भाषा विभाग - महाराष्ट्र शासन
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... विकासपीडिया - ज्ञानाचा पोर्टल - भारताच्या विकासाचे प्रवेशद्वार उपक्रम (powered by MEIT & C-DAC)
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
नीलो कमल neelo kamal, सेतो कमल seto kamal
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ନୀଳ କଇଁ nila kaim
- for Nymphaea cyanea Roxb. ex G.Don ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars
इंदीवर indivara
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... The Pali Text Society's Pali-English dictionary. Chipstead, 1921-1925.
~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
نيلوفر nilofar
- for Nymphaea cyanea Roxb. ex G.Don ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਨੀਲੋਫਰ nilofar
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
इन्दीवर indivara
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः
~~~~~ 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 পাপ্ পুঙ্ bok pap pung
- 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, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
அல்லி alli, நெய்தல் மலர் neytal malar, நீலாம்பல் nilampal
- Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango
கருநெய்தல் karu-neytal
- for Nymphaea stellata Willd. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
అల్లి కాడ alli kada, అల్లి తామర alli tamara, ఇందీవరము indeevaramu, కుముద kumuda, నల్ల కలువ nalla kaluva, నల్లని పద్మము nallani padmamu, నీటి తామర neeti tamara, తెల్ల కలువ tella kaluva, ఉత్పలము utpalamu
- Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
དྲི་མཆོག dri mchog
- 84000 : Translating the words of the Buddha
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Kannada, Malayalam ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕೋಮಳೆ komale
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
گُل نیلوفر gul-e-neelofar
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
almost throughout the plains
- Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
- Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 18.2; last update Dec. 5th, 2023. Last accessed 10/12/2023.
~~~~~ Last updated: 13-12-2023 ~~~~~
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