Monday, 20 January 2025

Viola betonicifolia Sm.

Viola betonicifolia Sm.

vy-OH-la or vee-OH-la -- Latin: viola (violet); any of several flowering plants including violets and pansies ... Dave's Botanary • Wiktionary
bet-on-ih-see-FOH-lee-uh -- having foliage like betony (Stachys officinalis) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: arrowhead violet, betony-leaved violet, mountain violet, showy violet • Adi: japjor, jortung • Ao: hingpangmoli • Assamese: বানোচা বন banocha bana • Bengali: বনফ্শা banaphsha • Dogri: बनक्शा banaksha • Garhwali: वनफशा vanaphasha • Hindi: बनफ्शा banafsha • Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಟ ವಯೋಲಾ betta vayola • Kashmiri: नून्पोश् nunposh • Moyon: manshang ynlor • Nyishi: tadro • Pahari: garurabuti गरुड़बूटी, garurjadi गरुड़जडी • Persian: بنفشه کوهی banafsha kohi • Rajasthani: वनप्सा vanapsa


botanical names: Viola betonicifolia Sm. ... POWO, retrieved 18 January 2025
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
arrowhead violet, betony-leaved violet, mountain violet, showy violet
~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh
japjor, jortung
~~~~~ AO ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Nagaland ... spoken by: Ao Naga people
hingpangmoli
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
বানোচা বন banocha bana
  • Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
বনফ্শা banaphsha (or বনপ্শা banapsha)
  • popular name shared, for want of name ... বনফ্শা banaphsha = wild violet
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
बनक्शा banaksha
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: Uttarakhand
वनफशा vanaphasha
  • OSADHI - Online Structural and Analytics based Database for Herbs of India
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
बनफ्शा banafsha
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಬೆಟ್ಟ ವಯೋಲಾ betta vayola
  • name coined, for want of name; ಬೆಟ್ಟ betta = mountain ; ವಯೋಲಾ vayola = Viola, the genus name / flower name adapted in Kannada language
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir ... other names for this language: Koshur
नून्पोश् nunposh
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
  • पोश् = flower, blossom (by Pandits often written पोष्) ... A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson ... thus name variant: नून्पोष् nunposh
~~~~~ MOYON ~~~~~
written in: Meitei (ꯃꯣꯌꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur, Nagaland ... spoken by: Moyon people, also known as Bujuur people or the Moyon Naga
manshang ynlor
~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... spoken by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung
tadro
~~~~~ 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
garurabuti गरुड़बूटी, garurjadi गरुड़जडी
~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
بنفشه کوهی banafsha kohi
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
वनप्सा vanapsa
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, !Bihar, !Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kashmir, *Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, !Maharashtra, Manipur, *Meghalaya, *Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, *Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
! distribution doubtful
~~~~~ Created on: 13:49 18-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 13:44 20-01-2025 ~~~~~
Violaceae "stemless herb" "Viola betonicifolia" "arrowhead violet" "betony-leaved violet" "mountain violet" "showy violet"
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