my-RIS-ti-kuh -- from the Greek myristikos (fit for annointing) ... Dave's Botanary
FRAY-granz -- fragrant ... Dave's Botanary
The fruit of this plant is the source of two different spices - nutmeg (the seed) and mace (seed covering)... read more at Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
the seed
commonly known as: nutmeg • Arabic: جوز jauz • Assamese: জাঁইফল jaiphol • Bengali: জায়ফল jayaphala, মালতীফল malatiphala • Bodo: जाइफल jaiphal • Dogri: जैफल jaiphal • Garo: joipol • Gujarati: જાયફળ jayaphala • Hindi: जातीफल jati-phal, जायफल jaiphal, कोश kosh, लव lava, सुरभि surabhi • Kannada: ಜಾಕಾಯಿ jaakaayi, ಜಾತಿಫಲ jaatiphala • Kashmiri: जातीफलम् jatiphalam, ज़ाफल् zaphal • Khasi: jaiphol • Konkani: जायफळ jayaphal • Malayalam: ജാതി jaathi, ജാതിക്കാ jaathikka • Manipuri: ꯖꯥꯌꯄꯍꯜ jayphal • Marathi: जातीफल jatiphala, जायफळ jayaphala • Nepali: जाइफल jaaiphal • Odia: ଗନ୍ଧାଳୀ gandhali, ଜାଇଫଳ jaiphala, ଜାତି jati, ଜାତିଶସ୍ୟ jati-sasya, କୋଷଫଳ koshaphala, ଲବ laba, ମଜ୍ଜାସାର majjasara, ମାଳତୀ ଫଳ malati phala, ପୁଟ puta, ରାଜଭୋଗ୍ୟ rajabhogya, ରଞ୍ଜନ ranjana, ସମୁଦ୍ରାନ୍ତ samudranta, ସୁମନଃ ଫଳ sumanah phala, ସୁରଭି surabhi, ତୃଖ trukha • Punjabi: ਜਾਫਲ jafal • Sanskrit: द्वेष्य dvesya, द्विधात्मक dvidhatmaka, जाती jati, जातिफल jatiphala, जातिकोश jatikosha, कोमल komala, कोश kosha, लव lava, मदशौण्डक madasaundaka, मज्जासार majjasara, मालतीफल malatiphala, फल phala, पुंनाग punnaga, पुटक putaka, राजभोग्य rajabhogya, शालूक saluka, समुद्रान्त samudranta, संध्यापुष्पी sandhyapuspi, सौमनस saumanasa, सुमनःफल sumanahphala, सुरभि surabhi, तृख trkha • Tamil: ஆதிபலம் ati-palam, அட்டம் attam, அட்டிகம் attikam, சாலுகம் calukam, சமுத்திராந்தம் camuttirantam, சாதி cati, சாதிக்காய் cati-k-kay, சிறுகாய் ciru-kay, சிதம் citam, சிவகம் civakam, சீவிகா civika, சுசாதிபலம் cucati-palam, சுரபி curapi, கடுங்காய் katun-kay, கிரிச்சரீடம் kiriccaritam, கோசம் kocam, மலாதிபலம் malati-palam, துவிதாத்துமகம் tuvitattumakam, உடம்பிலை utampilai • Telugu: జాజికాయ jajikaya, జాతి jati, శాలుకము salukamu • Tibetan ཛའ་ཏི་ཕ་ལ dza-ti-pha-la • Urdu: جائيپهل jayaphal, کوش kosh, لو lava, سربهی surabhi
the seed covering
commonly known as: mace • Assamese: জয়িত্ৰী joyitri • Bengali: জয়ত্রী jayatri • Dogri: जैफल दी जवित्री jaiphal di javitri • Gujarati: જાયપત્રી jayapatri • Hindi: जातीपत्री jati-patri, जावत्री jawatri, जायपत्री jayapatri • Kannada: ಜಾಕಾಯಿ jaakaayi, ಜಾಪತ್ರೆ jaapatre • Konkani: जायपत्री jayapatri, मनपत्री manpatri • Malayalam: ജാതിപത്രി jaathipatri • Marathi: जायपत्री jayapatri • Nepali: जाइपत्रि jaaipatri • Odia: ଗୁଡ଼ତ୍ୱଚ gurdatwacha, ଜାଇତ୍ରୀ jaitri, ଜାତିପର୍ଣ୍ଣ jati-parna, ଜାତିପତ୍ର jati-patra, ଜୟପତ୍ରୀ jaya-patri, କୋଷ kosha, ମାଳତୀ ପତ୍ରିକା malati patrika, ମନୋଜ୍ଞା manojna, ମୁଖ ଶୋଧନ mukha sodhana, ସୁମନଃ ପତ୍ର sumanah patra, ସୌମନସା saumanasa • Persian: بسباسه basbaasa • Punjabi: ਜਵੱਤ੍ਰੀ jawattri • Sanskrit: गुडत्वच gudatvacha, जातीपत्त्री jatipattri, कोश kosha, मालतीपत्त्रिका malatipattrika, पुटक putaka, सौमनसा saumanasa, सौमनसायनी saumanasayani, सुमनःपत्त्र sumanahpattra • Tamil: சாபத்திரி capattiri, சாதிபத்திரி cati-pattiri, சாதிப்பூ cati-p-pu, ஏத்திரி ettiri, கடுங்காரம் katun-karam, மாலதிபத்திரி malati-pattiri, வசுவாசி vacuvaci • Telugu: జాపత్రి japatri, జాతిపత్రి jati-patri • Tibetan: ཛའ་ཏི་པ་ཏྲ dza-ti-pa-tra • Urdu: جاتي پتري jati-patri, جاوتري jawatri, جائيپتري jayapatri
botanical names: Myristica fragrans Houtt. ... homotypic synonyms: Palala fragrans (Houtt.) Kuntze ... heterotypic synonyms: Myristica aromatica Sw. • Myristica moschata Thunb. • Myristica officinalis L.f. ... POWO, retrieved 19 October 2023
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
mace, nutmeg
~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
written in: Arabic (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ... Wikipedia
جوز jauz
- for nutmeg ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
জাঁইফল jaiphol
- XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
- ৱিকিপিডিয়া - মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ
- also found written as জাইফল jaiphol ... Wikisource
জয়িত্ৰী joyitri
- 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
জায়ফল jayaphala
- উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ
- also জাতিফল jatiphala ... Dasa, Jnanendramohana. Bangala Bhashara Abhidhana.
মালতীফল malatiphala
- Wikisource
- Dasa, Jnanendramohana. Bangala Bhashara Abhidhana.
জয়ত্রী jayatri
- উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
जाइफल jaiphal
- XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
जैफल jaiphal
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
- or जयफल jaiphal ... Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
जैफल दी जवित्री jaiphal di javitri
- 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
joipol
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
જાયપત્રી jayapatri
- for mace ... Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource
જાયફળ jayaphala
- વિકિપીડિયા - મુક્ત વિશ્વ જ્ઞાનકોશ
- for nutmeg ... Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
जातीपत्री jati-patri, जावत्री jawatri (or जवत्री jawatri, जवत्तरी jawattari, जावित्री jawitri), जायपत्री jayapatri
- for mace ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
जातीफल jati-phal, कोश kosh, लव lava, सुरभि surabhi
- for nutmeg ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
जायफल jaiphal
- विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश
- for nutmeg ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಜಾಕಾಯಿ jaakaayi
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
ಜಾಪತ್ರೆ jaapatre
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
ಜಾತಿಫಲ jaatiphala
- or ಜಾತೀಫಲ jaatiphala / ಜಾತೀಫಳ jaatiphala ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir
जातीफलम् jatiphalam, ज़ाफल् zaphal
- for Myristica moschata Thunb. ... A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
jaiphol
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
जायफळ jayaphal, जायपत्री jayapatri, मनपत्री manpatri
- 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
ജാതി jaathi, ജാതിക്കാ jaathikka
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
ജാതിപത്രി jaathipatri
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯖꯥꯌꯄꯍꯜ jayphal
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
जायपत्री jayapatri
- for mace ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
जातीफल jatiphala, जायफळ jayaphala
- for nutmeg ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... name variants: जयफळ jayaphala, जाईफळ jaiphala
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
जाइफल jaaiphal
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- or जाइफल् jaiphal ... Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages
जाइपत्रि jaaipatri
- Hamro Gorkha ... this webpage no longer available
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha
ଗନ୍ଧାଳୀ gandhali, ଜାଇଫଳ jaiphala (or ଜାତିଫଳ jati-phala, ଜାତୀଫଳ jati-phala), ଜାତି jati, ଜାତିଶସ୍ୟ jati-sasya, କୋଷଫଳ koshaphala, ଲବ laba, ମଜ୍ଜାସାର majjasara, ମାଳତୀ ଫଳ malati phala, ପୁଟ puta, ରାଜଭୋଗ୍ୟ rajabhogya, ରଞ୍ଜନ ranjana, ସମୁଦ୍ରାନ୍ତ samudranta, ସୁମନଃ ଫଳ sumanah phala, ସୁରଭି surabhi, ତୃଖ trukha
- for nutmeg ...Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
ଗୁଡ଼ତ୍ୱଚ gurdatwacha, ଜାଇତ୍ରୀ jaitri (or ଜାୟିତ୍ରୀ jayitri), ଜାତିପର୍ଣ୍ଣ jati-parna, ଜାତିପତ୍ର jati-patra (or ଜାତିପତ୍ରୀ jati-patri), ଜୟପତ୍ରୀ jaya-patri, କୋଷ kosha (or ଜାତିକୋଷ jati-kosha, ଜାତିକୋଷୀ jati-koshi), ମାଳତୀ ପତ୍ରିକା malati patrika, ମନୋଜ୍ଞା manojna, ମୁଖ ଶୋଧନ mukha sodhana, ସୁମନଃ ପତ୍ର sumanah patra (or ସୁମନଃ ପତ୍ରିକା sumanah patrika), ସୌମନସା saumanasa
- for mace ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
بسباسه basbaasa
- for mace ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts ... or بزباز bazbaaz
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਜਾਫਲ jafal (or ਜਾਇਫਲ jaefal)
- for Myristica moschata Thunb. ... The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh
ਜਵੱਤ੍ਰੀ jawattri (or ਜਵੱਤੀ jawatti)
- for Myristica moschata Thunb. ... The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
द्वेष्य dvesya, द्विधात्मक dvidhatmaka, जाती jati (or जाति jati), जातिफल jatiphala, जातिकोश jatikosha, कोमल komala, कोशफल koshaphala, लव lava, मदशौण्डक madasaundaka, मज्जासार majjasara, मालतीफल malatiphala, फल phala, पुंनाग punnaga, पुट puta, राजभोग्य rajabhogya, शालूक saluka, समुद्रान्त samudranta, संध्यापुष्पी sandhyapuspi, सौमनस saumanasa, सुमनःफल sumanahphala, सुरभि surabhi, तृख trkha
- for nutmeg ... Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
गुडत्वच gudatvacha, जातीपत्त्री jatipattri, कोश kosha, मालतीपत्त्रिका malatipattrika, पुटक putaka, सौमनसा saumanasa, सौमनसायनी saumanasayani, सुमनःपत्त्र sumanahpattra (or सुमनःपत्त्रिका sumanahpattrika)
- for outer skin of a nutmeg or mace ... Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu
ஆதிபலம் ati-palam, அட்டம் attam, அட்டிகம் attikam, சாலுகம் calukam, சமுத்திராந்தம் camuttirantam, சாதி cati, சாதிக்காய் cati-k-kay, சிறுகாய் ciru-kay, சிதம் citam, சிவகம் civakam, சீவிகா civika, சுசாதிபலம் cucati-palam, சுரபி curapi, கடுங்காய் katun-kay, கிரிச்சரீடம் kiriccaritam, கோசம் kocam, மலாதிபலம் malati-palam, துவிதாத்துமகம் tuvitattumakam, உடம்பிலை utampilai
- for nutmeg ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
சாபத்திரி capattiri, சாதிபத்திரி cati-pattiri, சாதிப்பூ cati-p-pu, ஏத்திரி ettiri, கடுங்காரம் katun-karam, மாலதிபத்திரி malati-pattiri, வசுவாசி vacuvaci
- for mace ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
జాజికాయ jajikaya, జాతి jati, శాలుకము salukamu
- Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
- for nutmeg ... A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown
జాపత్రి japatri, జాతిపత్రి jati-patri
- for mace ... A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
ཛའ་ཏི་པ་ཏྲ dza-ti-pa-tra, ཛའ་ཏི་ཕ་ལ dza-ti-pha-la
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
جاتي پتري jati-patri, جاوتري jawatri (or جوتري jawatri, जवत्तरी jawattari), جائيپتري jayapatri
- for mace ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
جائيپهل jayaphal, کوش kosh, لو lava, سربهی surabhi
- for nutmeg ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
cultivated
- Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 17.0; last update Oct. 1st, 2023. Last accessed 04/10/2023.
~~~~~ Last updated: 10-11-2023 ~~~~~
