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nik-TANTH-ez ? -- Greek:
nyktos (night),
anthos (flower); night blooming ...
Dave's Botanary
arh-bor-TRIS-tis -- Latin:
arbor (tree); tristis (dull, sad), meaning sad tree ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: coral jasmine, night-blooming jasmine, queen of the night, tree of sorrow •
Assamese: নিশিপুষ্পা nixipuspa, পানী-পিপলী pani-pipoli, পাৰিজাত parijat, শেৱালি xewali •
Awadhi: हरसिंगार harsingaar •
Bengali: হরসিঙ্গার harsinghar, শেফালিকা shephalika, শিউলি shiuli •
Bhojpuri: हरसिंगार harsingaar •
Bodo: सेवालि बिबार sewali bibarl •
Gujarati: હારશણગાર harshangar, પારિજાતક parijatak •
Hindi:
हरसिंगार harsingar, केसर kesar, नैपालि naipali, नेवारी newari, नीलिका
nilika, निशिपुष्पा nishi-pushpa, प्राजक्ता prajakta, रजनीहासा
rajani-hasa, शीफालिका shiphalika, शिउली shiuli •
Kannada: ಹವಳಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ havalamallige, ಪಾರಿಜಾತ parijata •
Konkani: पारजत paarjat, पारिजातक parijatak •
Malayalam: പാരിജാതം parijatam, പവിഴമല്ലി pavilamalli •
Manipuri: ꯁꯤꯉꯥꯔꯩ singarei •
Marathi: पारिजातक parijatak, प्राजक्त prajakta, शिवळी shivali •
Mishing: এভাগাছ evahgach •
Mizo: zanpar •
Nepali: पारिजात parijat •
Odia:
ଅତ୍ୟୂହା atyuha, ଗଉଡ଼ଗଡ଼କା gaurdagardaka, ନୈପାଳୀ naipali, ନୀଳକ nilaka,
ନିଶିପୁଷ୍ପ nishipushpa, ପାରିଜାତ parijata, ରଜନୀ ହାସ rajani hasa, ରକ୍ତ
ବୃନ୍ତା rakta brunta, ରଞ୍ଜନୀ ranjani, ଶେଫାଳି shephali, ଶିତ ନିର୍ଗୁଣ୍ଡୀ
sita nirgundi, ଶିଉଳି siuli •
Punjabi: ਹਾਰ ਸਿੰਗਾਰ haar-singaar, ਲਦੂਰੀ laduri, ਪਕੂਰਾ pakura, ਸੀਤਲ sital •
Rajasthani: हारसिंगार harsingar, सफेद स्याली safed syali •
Sanskrit:
अत्यूहा atyuha, मसिका masika, नीलक nilaka, निशिपुष्पा nishipushpa,
पारिजात parijata, रङ्गलासिनी rangalasini, रजनीहासा rajanihasa, रञ्जन
ranjana, रक्तवृन्ता raktavrnta, शीफालिका shiphalika, शीतमञ्जरी
shitamanjari, शुक्लाङ्गी shuklangi, श्वेतसुरसा shvetasurasa •
Santali: ᱥᱟᱯᱟᱨᱚᱢ saparom •
Tamil:
சேடல் cetal, சுபுட்பம் cuputpam, சூதம் cutam, கச்சாந்தகரை
kaccantakarai, மஞ்சட்பூ mancat-pu, பாரிசாதம் paricatam, பவளமல்லிகை
pavala-mallikai, துகிர்த்தாளி tukir-t-tali •
Telugu: బందెడ bandeda, పగడపు జిట్ట pagadapu jitta, పారిజాతము parijatamu, శేఫాలి shephali •
Tibetan: པ་རི་ཡ་ཏྲ་ཀ pa ri ya tra ka, ཡོངས་འདུས། yongs ’dus •
Tulu: ಗೋಳಿಪದ್ಪೆ golipadpe, ಪಾರಿಜಾತ parijata •
Urdu: هارسنگار har-singar, کيسر kesar, نيپالي naipali, نيواري newari, نيلکا nilika, نشپشپا nishi-pushpa, شيپهالکا shiphalika
botanical names:
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. ... and more listed at
POWO, retrieved 27 November 2023
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
coral jasmine, night-blooming jasmine, tree of sorrow (or tree of sadness)
queen of the night
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
নিশিপুষ্পা nixipuspa, পানী-পিপলী pani-pipoli (or পানী-পিয়লী pani-piyoli), পাৰিজাত parijat, শেৱালি xewali
- XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ AWADHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (अवधी/औधी), Perso-Arabic, Latin-Roman ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh ... other names for this language: Audhi
हरसिंगार harsingaar
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
হরসিঙ্গার harsinghar, শেফালিকা shephalika (or শেফালি / শেফালী shephali)
শিউলি shiuli
~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (भोजपुरी) ... spoken in: eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northwestern Jharkhand
हरसिंगार harsingaar
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
सेवालि बिबार sewali bibarl
- XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
હારશણગાર harshangar