Names of plants in India - mini lexique

[OZmic]

Dear all,
It would be useful to every one to have a kind of mini lexique covering the basic words which can be found in plant names. Something like this:
ASSAMESE:
BENGALI :
ENGLISH : 1.Leaf, 2. leaves, 3 flower, 4. fruit, 5. tree
GUJARATI :
HINDI :  1. , 2. फूल  phula, 3. , 4. फल  phala  5. पेड़ per
KANNADA : 
MALAYALAM : 
MARATHI :
NEPALI :
ORIYA :
PUNJABI : 
SANSKRIT : 
TAMIL : 1.,  2. இலைகள் ilaikal, 3 மலர் , 4. பழம் palam, 5. மரம் maram
TELUGU :
URDU : 
+ Any other language.
Basic colors as well or combinations such as red-leaved, green-leaved, blue-flowered, white-flowered etc.
Your imagination is the limit. They must be name components that are common in plant names however.
I leave this basic idea with you all.
Thanks
Mic

[OZmic]

Here are comments, made elsewhere by Usha di and Dr Pankaj Kumar, relevant here.
"Pata is leaves, used/cooked/eaten anyway one likes when buying or collecting."
" "pata" means leaf."

"shak is leaves and stems together  in colloquial use... mostly used to denote the vegetable (food) like potential of the greens".
" "sak" or "shak" means branches" (ie leaves + stem or twigs)

[jmgarg1]

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[surajit koley]

Dear Sir,

Very interesting, is it something like the following?-

ASSAMESE:
BENGALI : 1. পাতা (PATA), 2. পাতাগুলি (PATAGULI / PATAGULO), 3.ফুল (PHOOL), 4. ফল (PHAL), 5. গাছ (GACH), 5A. ঝোপ-ঝাড় (JHOP-JHAR = herb, shrub, undergrowth), 5B. গুঁড়ি (GUNRI = tree trunk), 5C. ডালপালা (DALPALA = branches), 4A. কাঁচা (KANCHA = unripe/green fruit), 4B. পাকা (PAKA = ripe fruit), 4C. কচি (KOCHI = immature fruit), 3A. কুঁড়ি (KUNRI = flower bud)

ENGLISH : 1.Leaf, 2. leaves, 3 flower, 4. fruit, 5. tree
GUJARATI : 
HINDI :  1. , 2. फूल  phula, 3. , 4. फल  phala  5. पेड़ per
KANNADA :  
MALAYALAM :  
MARATHI : 
NEPALI : 
ORIYA : 
PUNJABI :  
SANSKRIT :  
TAMIL : 1.,  2. இலைகள் ilaikal, 3 மலர் , 4. பழம் palam, 5. மரம் maram
TELUGU : 
URDU :  
+ Any other language. 

Thank you & Regards,

Surajit Koley

[ayush]

TELUGU : 1.Leaf - ఆకు (Aaku), 2. Leaves - ఆకులు (Aakulu), 3 Flower: పువ్వు (Puvvu), flowers పూలు Poolu, పుష్పములు Pushpamulu, 4. Fruit - పండు Pandu, Fruits పండ్లు Pandlu, 5. Tree - చెట్టు Chettu, మ్రాను Mraanu, Trees - చెట్లు Chetlu,

Tamil: Leaf - இலை - ILAI, 3. Flower- மலர் - Malar, பூ Poo

D. Radha Krishna Reddy

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[OZmic]

YES, YES Thanks Surajit ji and Ayush. Keep them coming. WE will soon have to draw a large table to accommodate all contributions.
The purpose of having these key words / name components is to be able to check our names without having to ask every minute native speakers how to spell this or that. Right Usha di ?
Regards to all
Mic

[surajit koley]

Good morning Sir.

Hope this lexicon gets compiled as soon as possible.

Regards,

surajit

[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Mic for taking efforts in gathering these meanings.
Me too have thought of making page(s) that would list the important and recurring "prefixes and suffixes" ... but I am yet far away from this exercise.
Thank you very much all for coming forward with these simple yet important part of the names in their native scripts.

Regards.
Dinesh

[OZmic]

I also hope this gets done but I "walk slowly" when I don't exercise, I live at a normal pace. I am reminded of the American saying "don't ask what your country can do for you but what you can do for it" or words to that effect.
You have done a brilliant job Surajit ji, thank you on behalf of the group. Now we have to wait for other contributors to fill the blanks in other languages.
I wished I had such a tool 15 years ago, let's hope we don't have to wait this long. I'll prepare a table in the next few hours. Come on folks give us some words ... or tell us where we can find them easily.
Let us do a better job than all the WWW automatic robots which are great at translating words but not so great with plant names.
Cheers
Mic

[surajit koley]

Good morning OZmic Ji.

It was my duty towards the group and and the list is not an exhaustive one, would add a few more words this evening. Thank you.

Regards,

surajit

[ayush]

Malayalam: 1.Leaf - ഇല ILA, 2. Leaves - ഇലകള്‍ ILAKAL, 3 Flower: പൂവ്‌ Poovu, flowers പൂവുകള്‍ Poovukal; 4. Fruit - പഴം Pazham, Fruits പഴങ്ങള്‍ Pazhangal, 5. Tree - - മരം maram, Trees: മരങ്ങള്‍ marangal, Plant - ചെടി chedi; Plants: ചെടികള്‍ - Chedikal; Root: വേര് Ver‍; Roots: വേരുകള്‍ verukal,
Credit to my collegue: Mr. B. Remanan Pillai

[OZmic]

Thanks to all. I am posting in a separate entry the whole table so far. Mic

[surajit koley]

Dear OZmic Sir,

Some more here - 

• for plural of any common noun we use গুলো (GULO) = গুলি (GULI), eg. পাতাগুলো = leaves, গাছগুলি = trees/shrubs/herbs
• লতা (LATA) = creeper / climber
• ­বঁ টা (BONTA ) = stalk of leaf/flower/fruit
•  গাছ (GACH) = tree/shrub/herb
• শেকড় (SHEKAR) = শিকড় (SHIKAR) = root
• ডগা (DOGA) = young/apical shoot
• লাল (LAL) = red, নীল (NIL) = blue, সবুজ (SABUJ) = green, হলদে (HALDE) = হলুদ (HALUD) = yellow, কমলা (KAMOLA) = orange, গোলাপী (GOLAPI) = pink, বেগুনি (BEGUNI) = violet/purple
• to express light shade of any color, we use হালকা (HALKA) or চে (CHE), eg., হালকা লাল = লালচে = light red = reddish
• বৌল (BOUL) = বউল (BOUL) = inflorescence / buds

That's all for tonight....

Thank you & Regards,

surajit

[surajit koley]

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Dear All,

Please read stalk of leaf/flower/fruit = বোঁ টা (BONTA)

Thank you & Regards,

Surajit Koley

[jmgarg1]

Forwarding again for any assistance inthe matter please.

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Date: 20 May 2012 14:02

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[surajit koley]

Garg Sir,

Some more in Bengali - 

• আগাছা (AGACHA) = weed
• পরগাছা (PARGACHA / PAROGACHA) = parasitic plant, hemiparasites
• রোঁয়া (RNOA) = hairy / pubescent
• মসৃণ (MASRIN/MOSRIN) = glabrous
• তেলা (TELA) = oily/waxy
• চকচকে (CHOKCHOKE) = shiny/reflecting light
• হরহরে (HARHARE) = slimy/mucus/mucuoid
• ভেষজ (VESHAJ / BHESHAJ) = medicinal
• সব্জি (SOBJI) = vegetables
• শাক (SHAK) = leafy vegetables
• শাক-সব্জি (SHAKSOBJI) = all vegetables
• শস্য (SHASYA) = grains/cereals/pulses
• সস্য (SASYA) = endosperm
• চাল (CHAL) = rice
• ধান (DHAN) = paddy
• ডাল (DAL) = pulses
• গম (GAM) = wheat
• আটা (AATAA) = flour
• আঠা (AATHA) = gum, plant or synthetic
• শুকনো (SHUKNO) = dry, eg. শুকনো ফল = dry fruit
• ভিজে (BHIJE / VIJE) = wet
• ছাল (CHAL) = bark/skin
• শাঁশ (SHANSH / SHANS) = flesh/endocarp
• রস (RAS) = juice
• রসালো (RASAALO) = juicy, eg. রসালো ফল = juicy/fleshy fruit

Regards,

Surajit Koley