Fwd: Tamil name for Osbeckia gracilis Bedd.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much, Vijayasankar ji, for help with coining this Tamil name.

Regards.

Dinesh

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From: Vijay Raman <vijay.b...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Subject: Re: Tamil name for Osbeckia gracilis Bedd.
To: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>

Dear Dinesh ji,

Happy New Year!

The choice of the Tamil name and the spelling look good to me.

Best,

Vijayasankar

On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 7:39 AM Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Vijayasankar ji,

Please help check a Tamil name that I propose for Osbeckia gracilis Bedd. ... 

சிறுகடலை chiru-katalai

சிறு chiru = small, or slender; கடலை katalai = a name given to Melastoma malabathricum L.

Above Tamil name given on same lines as those of Kannada and Malayalam for Osbeckia gracilis Bedd. ... 

KANNADA

ಸಣ್ಣ ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ sanna nekkare
ಸಣ್ಣ sanna = small, or slender; ನೆಕ್ಕರೆ nekkare or ನೆಕ್ಕರಿಕ nekkarika =  a name given to Melastoma malabathricum L.

MALAYALAM
ചെറിയ കലദി cheriya kalathi
ചെറിയ cheriya = small, or slender; കലദി kalathi = name given to Melastoma malabathricum L

Regards.

Dinesh