Names of Plants in India :: Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth

Dinesh Valke

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Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth ... family: Fabaceae

kaj-AY-nus -- Latinized form of the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea ... Dave's Botanary
KAJ-an -- from the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Congo pea, no eye pea, pigeon pea, red gram • Assamese: অৰহৰ arahar, মিৰি মাহ mirai-maha • Bengali: অড়হর arahar • Gujarati: તુવેર tuver • Hindi: अरहर arhar, तुवर tuvar • Kannada: ತೊಗರಿ ಬೆಳೆ togari bele, ತೊಗರಿ ಕಾಳು togari kalu • Konkani: तोरी tori • Malayalam: ആഢകി adhaki, തുവര tuvara • Manipuri: মাইৰোংবী mairongbi • Marathi: तूर tur • Nepali: रहर rahar • Oriya: ହର୍ ହର୍ har-har, କାକ୍ଷୀ kakshi, ତୁବର tubara • Persian: شاخول shakhul • Punjabi: ਦਿੰਗੇਰ dinger • Sanskrit: आढकी adhaki, काक्षी kakshi, तुवरी tuvari • Tamil: ஆடகி adhaki, இருப்புலி iruppuli, காய்ச்சி kaycci, துவரை tuvarai • Telugu: ఆఢకి adhaki, కంది kandi, తొగరి togari, తువరము tuvaramu • Tibetan: tu ba ri • Urdu: ارهر arhar, توأر tuar

... and more names in Sanskrit: भारवृक्ष bharavrksha, कपिलद्रुम kapiladruma, करवीरभुजा karavirabhuja, पीतपुष्पा pitapushpa, वर्णा varna, वृत्तबीजा vrttabija

botanical names: Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth ... synonyms: Cajanus bicolor DC. • Cajanus flavus DC. • Cajanus indicus Spreng. • Cytisus cajan L. (basionym) ... NPGS / GRIN

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Photographed at Bhile near Chiplun on 05 MAR 11

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Dinesh

Prashant Awale

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Feb 25, 2014, 11:35:33 PM2/25/14

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Nice post. Good compilation of local names.. Thanks Dinesh for sharing...

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Dinesh Valke

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Feb 26, 2014, 12:31:38 PM2/26/14

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Thank you very much Prashant.

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Dinesh

Nidhan Singh

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Feb 26, 2014, 8:00:59 PM2/26/14

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Thanks for detailed list of names Dinesh Ji..believe me, I was not aware of the Punjabi name provided..perhaps this is out now..we call this Arhar in Punjab too..

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Dinesh Valke

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Feb 27, 2014, 12:04:30 AM2/27/14

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Thank you very very much Nidhan ji for validating the Punjabi name.

I will be glad to get arhar OR harhar in Gurmukhi script.

I use The Panjabi dictionary by Bhai Maya Singh ... most of the online dictionaries have archaic words, the modern and colloquial names are yet to gain entries.

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Dinesh

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2021/12/cajanus-cajan-l-huth.html

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Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth

kaj-AY-nus -- Latinized form of the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea ... Dave's Botanary
KAJ-an -- from the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Congo pea, gungo pea, no eye pea, pigeon pea, red gram • Assamese: অৰহৰ arahar, মিৰি মাহ mirai-maha • Bengali: অড়হর arahar • Gujarati: તુવેર tuver • Hindi: अरहर arhar, तुवर tuvar • Kannada: ಕರಿಉದ್ದು kari-uddu, ತೊಗರಿ ಬೆಳೆ togari bele, ತೊಗರಿ ಕಾಳು togari kalu, ತುರುಕುತೊಗರಿ ಗಿಡ turukutogari gida • Konkani: तोरी ತೋರಿ tori • Malayalam: ആഢകി adhaki, തുവര tuvara • Manipuri: ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯣꯡꯕꯤ mairongbi • Marathi: तूर tur • Nepali: रहर rahar • Odia: ହର୍ ହର୍ har-har, କାକ୍ଷୀ kakshi, ତୁବର tubara • Persian: شاخول shakhul • Punjabi: ਅਰਹਰ arhar, ਦਿੰਗੇਰ dinger • Sanskrit: आढकी adhaki, भारवृक्ष bharavrksha, काक्षी kakshi, कपिलद्रुम kapiladruma, करवीरभुजा karavirabhuja, पीतपुष्पा pitapushpa, तुवरी tuvari, वर्णा varna, वृत्तबीजा vrttabija • Santali: ᱵᱟᱲᱮ bare • Tamil: ஆடகி adhaki, இருப்புலி iruppuli, காய்ச்சி kaycci, துவரை tuvarai • Telugu: ఆఢకి adhaki, కంది kandi, తొగరి togari, తువరము tuvaramu • Tibetan: tu ba ri • Urdu: ارهر arhar, توأر tuar

botanical names: Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth ... synonyms: Cajanus bicolor DC. • Cajanus flavus DC. • Cajanus indicus Spreng. • Cajanus luteus Bello • Cytisus cajan L. ... and more listed at POWO ... isonyms: Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. • Cajanus cajan (L.) Druce ... IPNI

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Congo pea

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Center for New Crops & Plant Products, at Purdue University

gungo pea

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Center for New Crops & Plant Products, at Purdue University

no eye pea

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Center for New Crops & Plant Products, at Purdue University

pigeon pea

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Wikipedia
Plants of the World Online (POWO)
Telangana Forest Department - Flora by R D Reddy

red gram

Telangana Forest Department - Flora by R D Reddy
for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Center for New Crops & Plant Products, at Purdue University

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

অৰহৰ arahar (or অৰ্হৰ arhar or ৰহৰ rahar), মিৰি মাহ mirai maha

XOBDO - a descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

অড়হর arahar

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Wikipedia

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

તુવેર (or તુવર)

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Wikipedia
for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

अरहर arhar (or अरहड़ arhar)

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

तुवर tuvar (or तुअर tuar)

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಕರಿಉದ್ದು kari-uddu

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

ತೊಗರಿ ಬೆಳೆ togari bele

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

ತೊಗರಿ ಕಾಳು togari kalu

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Wikipedia

ತುರುಕುತೊಗರಿ ಗಿಡ turukutogari gida

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

तोरी ತೋರಿ tori

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ആഢകി adhaki, തുവര tuvara

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯣꯡꯕꯤ mairongbi

Flowers of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

तूर tur

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Wikipedia
for synonym Cytisus cajan L. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... or तोर tor, तुवरी tuvari

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ହର୍ ହର୍ har-har (or ହରଡ଼ hararda)

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

କାକ୍ଷୀ kakshi

for synonym Cytisus cajan L. ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

ତୁବର tubara (or ତୁବରିକା tubarika)

for pigeon pea ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

रहर rahar

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Wikipedia

~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~

شاخول shakhul

for synonym Cytisus cajan L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

ਅਰਹਰ arhar

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Wikipedia

ਦਿੰਗੇਰ dinger

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

आढकी adhaki (or आढक adhaka), करवीरभुजा karavirabhuja, तुबरी tubari (or तुबरिका tubarika), पीतपुष्पा pitapushpa, वर्णा varna, वृत्तबीजा vrttabija

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... Learn Sanskrit

भारवृक्ष bharavrksha, काक्षी kakshi, कपिलद्रुम kapiladruma

for synonym Cytisus cajan L. ... Learn Sanskrit

तुवरी tuvari

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Wikipedia

~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

ᱵᱟᱲᱮ bare

Many thanks to Prasanta Hembram for help with this name ... for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

ஆடகி adhaki, இருப்புலி iruppuli, காய்ச்சி kaycci, துவரை tuvarai

for pigeon pea ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

ఆఢకి adhaki

for pigeon pea ... A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown
for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

కంది kandi

for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India ... also కొండ కంది kondakandi, పెద్ద కంది peddakandi

తొగరి togari, తువరము tuvaramu

for pigeon pea ... A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ತೊಗೊರಿ togori

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore
or ತೊಗ್ರಿ thogari ... for isonym Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
or ತೊಗರಿ togari or ತೊಗರೆ togare ... Tulu-English Dictionary (1886) by Rev. A. Männer

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~

ارهر arhar (or ارهڙ arhar)

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

توأر tuar

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2021/12/cajanus-cajan-l-huth.html

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Dinesh

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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 24, 2021, 2:26:55 AM12/24/21

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Santali name corrected as well as another added.

Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth

kaj-AY-nus -- Latinized form of the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea ... Dave's Botanary
KAJ-an -- from the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Congo pea, gungo pea, no eye pea, pigeon pea, red gram • Assamese: অৰহৰ arahar, মিৰি মাহ mirai-maha • Bengali: অড়হর arahar • Gujarati: તુવેર tuver • Hindi: अरहर arhar, तुवर tuvar • Kannada: ಕರಿಉದ್ದು kari-uddu, ತೊಗರಿ ಬೆಳೆ togari bele, ತೊಗರಿ ಕಾಳು togari kalu, ತುರುಕುತೊಗರಿ ಗಿಡ turukutogari gida • Konkani: तोरी ತೋರಿ tori • Malayalam: ആഢകി adhaki, തുവര tuvara • Manipuri: ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯣꯡꯕꯤ mairongbi • Marathi: तूर tur • Nepali: रहर rahar • Odia: ହର୍ ହର୍ har-har, କାକ୍ଷୀ kakshi, ତୁବର tubara • Persian: شاخول shakhul • Punjabi: ਅਰਹਰ arhar, ਦਿੰਗੇਰ dinger • Sanskrit: आढकी adhaki, भारवृक्ष bharavrksha, काक्षी kakshi, कपिलद्रुम kapiladruma, करवीरभुजा karavirabhuja, पीतपुष्पा pitapushpa, तुवरी tuvari, वर्णा varna, वृत्तबीजा vrttabija • Santali: ᱜᱷᱟᱝᱜᱽᱨᱟ ghangra, ᱨᱟᱦᱮᱨ raher • Tamil: ஆடகி adhaki, இருப்புலி iruppuli, காய்ச்சி kaycci, துவரை tuvarai • Telugu: ఆఢకి adhaki, కంది kandi, తొగరి togari, తువరము tuvaramu • Tibetan: tu ba ri • Urdu: ارهر arhar, توأر tuar

ᱜᱷᱟᱝᱜᱽᱨᱟ ghangra

Many thanks to Prasanta Hembram for help with this name ... efloraofindia

ᱨᱟᱦᱮᱨ raher

for synonym Cajanus indicus Spreng. ... A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
Many thanks to Prasanta Hembram for help with this name ... efloraofindia

Gurcharan Singh

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Dec 28, 2021, 11:20:03 AM12/28/21

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Thanks Dinesh ji for this nice compilation

Dinesh Valke

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Many thanks, Gurcharan ji. My pleasure.

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