Civa, Civā, Cīva, Cīvā: 5 definitions
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Civa means something in Marathi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Civa in India is the name of a plant defined with Aristolochia bracteata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Taxon (1979)
· Observationes Botanicae (Retzius) (1791)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Civa, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, health benefits, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarycivā (चिवा) [or चिंवा, ciṃvā].—m A bamboo of a small kind. See under ciṃvalī.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishcivā (चिवा).—m A bamboo of a small kind.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCiva (ಚಿವ):—[adjective] causing , conferring or being good; gracious; propitious; auspicious.
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Civa (ಚಿವ):—[noun] Śiva, one of the Trinity.
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Civā (ಚಿವಾ):—[noun] the grass Oxytenanthera monostigma of Graminae family, with perennial jointed stems that are woody, hard, that grows upto 4-5 metre; a kind of bamboo.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCiva (சிவ) [civattal] 12 intransitive verb
1. To redden, blush; to be red; செந்நிறமாதல். காமர் நெடுங் கண் கைம்மீச் சிவப்ப [senniramathal. kamar nedung kan kaimmis sivappa] (பெருங்கதை இலாவாண. [perungathai ilavana.] 14, 63).
2. To become angry; கோபித்தல். தேற்றாய் சிவந்தனை காண்பாய்நீ தீதின்மை [kopithal. therray sivanthanai kanpayni thithinmai] (கலித்தொகை [kalithogai] 91).
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Civā (சிவா) noun < śivā.
1. Chebulic myrobalan. See கடுக்காய். (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [kadukkay. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]
2. Niruri. See கீழாநெல்லி. [kizhanelli.]
3. Indian mesquit. See வன்னி. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [vanni. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]
4. Worm-killer. See ஆடுதின்னாப்பாளை. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [aduthinnappalai. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]
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Cīva (சீவ) interjection < jīva. Expr. meaning 'May you live long'; 'நீடுவாழ்க' என்று வாழ்த்துதற் குறிப்பு. சினைமறைந் தொருகுரல் சீவ வென்றதே ['niduvazhka' enru vazhthuthar kurippu. sinaimarain thorugural siva venrathe] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 323).
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Cīvā (சீவா) noun See சீவனி² [sivani²], 4. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி [vaithiya malaiyagarathi])
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Starts with (+335): Civa madu, Civa-cama-vatacaivam, Civa-cankiranta-vatacaivam, Civa-kanamutal, Civa-makapuranam, Civa-nanacittiyar, Civa-nanakocam, Civa-nanamunivar, Civa-neripirakacam, Civa-punniyatelivu, Civacampotanai, Civacan, Civacancivi, Civacariyar, Civacatakkiyam, Civacatanam, Civacatci, Civacatti, Civacci, Civacentu.
Ends with (+17): Candrasaciva, Cavaciva, Cekkacciva, Civaciva, Dhisaciva, Duhsaciva, Grihasaciva, Kanciva, Karmasaciva, Karmmasaciva, Karyantarasaciva, Kelisaciva, Kusaciva, Mahasaciva, Matisaciva, Mukhya-saciva, Narmasaciva, Narmmasaciva, Nihsaciva, Niji-saciva.
Full-text (+982): Shiva, Civara, Civaciva, Yayin, Civatalam, Civa-nanakocam, Cekkacciva, Civananam, Civa-kanamutal, Civakati, Pna, Yerba de chiva, Civakonam, Chiva, Tan-am-patamperal, Civali, Cata-civatevar, Shuladhara, Civacentu, Civanati.
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