or-RI-ga-num -- Greek: oros (mountain), ganos (beauty/brightness) ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia
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commonly known as: oregano, wild marjoram • Arabic: سعتر sa'tar • Bengali: জংলী মরুয়া jungli marua • Dogri: मरुआ marua • Hindi: बनतुलसी ban tulsi, केदार तुलसी kedar tulsi, सथ्रा sathra, मिरज़ानजोश mirzanjosh • Kannada: ಮರುಗ maruga • Kashmiri: مرزن جوش मर्ज़नजोश marzan-josh, वन बबर van babbar • Konkani: मिज्रीकांव mijrikamv • Malayalam: കാട്ടുമറുവ kaattumaruva • Nepali: राम तुलसी raam tulasee, सजीवन sajiwan • Odia: ସପ୍ତଳା saptala, ସାରା sara • Pahari: बासलो घास baasalo ghaas, जख्म बूटी jakhm bootee • Punjabi: ਮਿਰਜਨਜੋਸ਼ਾ mirzanjosha • Sanskrit: मरुवक maruvaka • Telugu: మృదు మరువం mridumaruvamu • Urdu: صعتر satar, زعتر zatar
botanical names: Origanum vulgare L. ... accepted infraspecifics: Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare ... synonyms: Origanum creticum L. • Origanum officinale Gueldenst. • Origanum orientale Mill. ... and more listed at Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 18.3; last update Dec. 27th, 2023. Last accessed 30/12/2023.
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
oregano, wild marjoram
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
written in: Arabic (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ... Wikipedia
سعتر sa'tar
- A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
জংলী মরুয়া jungli marua
- উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
मरुआ marua
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
बनतुलसी ban tulsi
केदार तुलसी kedar tulsi
- Many thanks to Dr Anil Kumar Thakur for help with this name, via comment in ... Names of Plants in India ... this name prevalent in Uttarakhand
सथ्रा sathra, मिरज़ानजोश mirzanjosh
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- मसाला बोर्ड भारत (Spices Board India)
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಮರುಗ maruga
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
- Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir
مرزن جوش मर्ज़नजोश marzan-josh
- A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson
- Flowers of India, retrieved December 31, 2023
- or मिरज़ानजोश mirzanjosh ... Shri R L Badhwar and Dr R R Fernandez - Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas - The Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun
वन बबर van babbar
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊംകണീ), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
मिज्रीकांव mijrikamv
- 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
കാട്ടുമറുവ kaattumaruva
- Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook
- मसाला बोर्ड भारत (Spices Board India)
- വികാസ്പീഡിയ - Vikaspedia
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
राम तुलसी raam tulasee
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal
- विकिपीडिया - एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश
सजीवन sajiwan
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ସପ୍ତଳା saptala, ସାରା sara
- 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
बासलो घास baasalo ghaas, जख्म बूटी jakhm bootee
- Many thanks to Dr Anil Kumar Thakur for help with these names, via comment in ... Names of Plants in India ... this name prevalent in some areas of Himachal Pradesh
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਮਿਰਜਨਜੋਸ਼ਾ mirzanjosha
- Chopra R. N. Glossary Of Indian Medicinal Plants (1956)
- मसाला बोर्ड भारत (Spices Board India)
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
मरुवक maruvaka
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
మృదు మరువం mridumaruvamu
- Many thanks to A.Lalithamba for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- Chopra R. N. Glossary Of Indian Medicinal Plants (1956)
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
صعتر satar, زعتر zatar
- Flowers of India, retrieved December 31, 2023
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
naturalised in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand; elsewhere known for its use as spice
- 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 18.3; last update Dec. 27th, 2023. Last accessed 30/12/2023.
~~~~~ Last updated: 10-04-2024 ~~~~~
Kedar Tulsi in parts of Uttrakhand
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Anil Kumar ji ... will update the name shortly ... I am assuming this name is in Hindi.
Deleteजख्म बूटी, बासलो घास in some areas of H.P.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Anil Kumar ji ... will update the names shortly ... I am assuming this name is in Pahari.
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