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em-OH-dee ? -- of or from Himalaya;
Montes Emodi are the "golden mountains" ... refers to Himalaya ...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
commonly known as: Himalayan fenugreek •
Dogri: वन मेथरे van methrey •
Garhwali: तुलजिमा tuljima •
Kinnauri: तुलजिमा tuljima •
Ladakh region: shamilik •
Ladakhi: བུག་སུག bugsug •
Lahaul-Spiti region: ampang, buksup, kuchona, rebuksu, tuljima •
Nepali: मेथी methee •
Pahari: मेथी methi, मेथुघा methughaa
botanical names:
Trigonella emodi Benth. ...
synonyms listed at
POWO, retrieved 28 November 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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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. The bits about the
languages of India
mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet;
just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be
best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken
sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Himalayan fenugreek
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
वन मेथरे van methrey
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: Uttarakhand
तुलजिमा tuljima
~~~~~ KINNAURI ~~~~~
oral language, written in: Devanagari (किन्नौरी) / Tibetan (ཀིནྣཽརཱི) ... spoken in: Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh ... many linguistic varieties ... spoken by Kinnaura people
तुलजिमा tuljima
~~~~~ Ladakh region ~~~~~
languages spoken: Ladakhi | Purgi | Hindi | Shina | Balti | Tibetan
shamilik
~~~~~ LADAKHI ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan (ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་) ... spoken in: Ladakh
བུག་སུག bugsug
~~~~~ Lahaul and Spiti region ~~~~~
languages spoken: Lahuli (Stod Bhoti) | Spiti | Nyamkat | Bhoti Kinnauri | Tukpa (Nesang)
ampang
buksup, kuchona
- Kumar, Puneet, Singhal, Vijay Kumar, Ethnobotany
and Ethnomedicinal Uses, Chromosomal Status and Natural Propagation of
Some Plants of Lahaul-Spiti and Adjoining Hills, Journal of Botany, 2013, 248943, 14 pages, 2013.
- Singh, Ashok & Lal, Manohar & Samant, S.. (2009). Diversity,
indigenous uses and conservation prioritization of medicinal plants in
Lahaul valley, proposed Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, India. International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management. 5. 132-154. 10.1080/17451590903230249.
- the names need to be rendered in their native script
rebuksu
tuljima
- Devi, Usha & Sharma, Pankaj & Ahmad, Anees & Khan, Asma. (2023). Wild plant resources used as food in Spiti Valley: A cold arid zone of Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies. 11. 106-114. 10.22271/plants.2023.v11.i4b.1576.
- Singh, Ashok & Lal, Manohar & Samant, S.. (2009). Diversity,
indigenous uses and conservation prioritization of medicinal plants in
Lahaul valley, proposed Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, India. International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management. 5. 132-154. 10.1080/17451590903230249.
- the name needs to be rendered in its native script
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
मेथी methee
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी),
Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language
groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand
मेथी methi
मेथुघा methughaa
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand
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Created on: 20:11 28-11-2024 ¦ Last updated: 20:51 01-12-2024
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