The Sanskrit term Kaḷāy can be transliterated into English as Kalay or Kaliay, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kalay in India is the name of a plant defined with Carissa carandas in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Echites spinosus Burm.f. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1993)
· Fl. Cochinch. (1790)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1912)
· Histoire des Plantes (1888)
· Japanese J. Pharmacol. (1970)
· Rev. Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1973)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kalay, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalay in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kalāy (கலாய்) [kalāyttal] 11 intransitive verb < kalaha.

1. To quarrel, to be at variance; கலகித்தல். யாமினிக் கலாய்த்தல் வேண்ட லொழிகென [kalagithal. yaminig kalaythal venda lozhigena] (காஞ்சிப்புராணம் அனந்த. [kanchippuranam anantha.] 5).

2. To get angry; கோபித்தல். கலாய்த் தொலைப் பருகுவார்போல் [kopithal. kalayth tholaip paruguvarpol] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 1950).

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Kaḻāy (கழாய்) noun < கழை. [kazhai.]

1. Spiny bamboo; மூங்கில். [mungil.]

2. Acrobat's pole; கழைக்கூத்தன் ஏறி நின்று ஆடுதற்கு நாட்டும் மூங்கிற்கம்பம். [kazhaikkuthan eri ninru adutharku nattum mungirkambam.] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 66, உரை. [urai.])

3. Areca-palm. See கமுகு. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [kamugu. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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Kaḷāy (களாய்) noun < Urdu qalaī. Tin. See கலாயி. பாத்திரத்துக்குத் களாய் பூசுகிறது. [kalayi. pathirathukkuth kalay pusugirathu.] Local usage

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Kaḻāy (கழாய்) noun cf. கழாய்வனம். [kazhayvanam.] A species of amaranth; சிறுகீரை. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [sirugirai. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+35): Kalahapriya, Kalaya, Kalayagara, Kalayah, Kalayaja, Kalayaka, Kalayakhanja, Kalayam, Kalayama, Kalayamatta, Kalayamtra, Kalayamutthi Jataka, Kalayana, Kalayanakannika, Kalayanar, Kalayani, Kalayapa, Kalayapana, Kalayapriye, Kalayapushpaka.

Ends with: Ankalay, Kalukku-kalay, Pustakalay, Samharakalay, Shakalay, Vikalay, Vishakalay.

Full-text: Kalaykkuttu, Kalayam, Avaskanda, Ankalay, Kilay, Kal, Al.

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