Purali, Puraḷī, Puralī: 4 definitions
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Purali 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsPurali [ಪುರಳಿ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Stereospermum chelonoides (L.f.) DC. from the Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda) family having the following synonyms: Bignonia chelonoides, Bignonia suaveolens, Stereospermum suaveolens. For the possible medicinal usage of purali, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
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 Dictionarypuraḷī (पुरळी).—f (Or puḷī) A pustule or pimple.
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 corpusPurali (ಪುರಲಿ):—[noun] the quail Perdicula asiatica of Phasianidae family, with brown body and wings, black and grey stripes on the breast, short grey beak, short tail, that nests on the ground; jungle bush-quail.
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Puraḷi (ಪುರಳಿ):—
1) [noun] the tree Stereospermum suaveolens ( = Bignonia suaveolens) of Bignoniaceae family.
2) [noun] its flower.
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 LexiconPuraḷi (புரளி) noun < புரள்-. [pural-.] (W.)
1. Lying, falsehood; பொய். [poy.]
2. Deceit; வஞ்சனை. [vanchanai.]
3. Mischief, waggishness; குறும்பு. [kurumbu.] (W.)
4. Quarrel, wrangle, broil; சண்டை. [sandai.]
5. Insurrection; கலகம். [kalagam.] (W.)
6. Restiveness, as of a beast; unruliness, refractoriness; முருட்டுத்தனம். [muruttuthanam.] (W.)
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Puraḷi (புரளி) noun Blood; இரத்தம். [iratham.] (இறையனாரகப் பொருள் [iraiyanaragap porul] 1, பக். [pag.] 9.)
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: Purali-vittaikaran, Puralipi.
Ends with: Parappurali, Patupurali, Urppurali.
Full-text: Purali-vittaikaran, Patupurali, Rontai, Urppurali, Parappurali, Purale.
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