Names of Plants in India :: Punica granatum L.

[Dinesh Valke]

Punica granatum L.

PU-ni-kuh -- Latin: contracted from punicum malum, referring to the pomegranate ... Dave's Botanary
gran-AH-tum -- many seeds ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: pomegranate • Arabic: رمان rummaan • Assamese: আনাৰ anar, ডালিম dalim, দাঢ়িম্ব darimbo, বেদানা bedana • Awadhi: अनार anaar • Bengali: বেদানা bedana • Bhojpuri: अनार anaar • Bodo: डालिम daalim • Dimasa: dalem • Dogri: दढ़ूनी darooni • Garhwali: दाढ़ीम daadheem, दढम्या dadhamya • Garo: dalim bite • Hindi: अनार anaar, दाड़िम darim, हिण्डीर hindir • Hmar: theibufai • Kachchhi: દાડમ dadam • Kannada: ದಾಳಿಂಬೆ daalimbe • Karbi: dalim • Kashmiri: अनार् anaar, नार् نار • Kachchhi: દાડમ dadam naar, دٲن کُل • Konkani: दाळींब daaliimb • Kumaoni: दाड़िम darim • Maithili: अनार anaar • Malayalam: ദാഡിമം daadimam, മാതളനാരകം maathalanaarakam, ഉറുമാൻപഴം urumaanpazham • Manipuri: ꯀꯐꯣꯏ kaphoi • Marwari: दाड़म daaram • Mishing: dalim • Mizo: theibuhfai • Nagamese: taliim-tong • Nepali: दारिम daarim • Odia: ଅନାର anaara, ଡାଳିମ୍ବ daalimba • Pali: दाळिम daalima • Persian: انار anar, نار naar, تاغ taag • Punjabi: ਅਨਾਰ anar, ਦਾਨੂ danu, ਦਰਿਊਣ dariun, ਦਾਰੂ daru • Rajasthani: दाड़यूं daarayum • Sanskrit: दाडिम dadima, दन्तबीज dantabija, दशनबीज dashanabija, हिण्डीर hindira, कुचफल kuchaphala, कुट्टिम kuttima, नीरस nirasa, सत्फल satphala, वृत्तफल vrttaphala • Santali: ᱚᱱᱟᱨ anar, ᱰᱟᱹᱞᱤᱢ dalim • Sindhi: اَنارُ aanaru, ڏاڙهۇن daaroon • Tamil: மாதுளை maatulai • Telugu: దానిమ్మ daanimma • Tulu: ದಾಳಿಂಬೊ daalimbo • Urdu: انار anar, داڙم darim, هنڐير hindir


botanical names: Punica granatum L. ... synonyms: ... a long list at POWO, retrieved 26 May 2024

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

pomegranate

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~

written in: Arabic (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ... Wikipedia

رمان rumman

• ويكيبيديا - الموسوعة الحرة
• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

আনাৰ anar, ডালিম dalim, দাঢ়িম্ব darimbo, বেদানা bedana

• 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

अनार anaar

• Wiktionary - The free dictionary

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

বেদানা bedana

• উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ

~~~~~ BHOJPURI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (भोजपुरी) ... spoken in: eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northwestern Jharkhand

अनार anaar

• विकिपीडिया - एगो मुक्त ज्ञानकोष

~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro

डालिम daalim

• or दालिम daalim ... XOBDO - A descriptive multilingual dictionary by the people, for the people and of the people of north-east India

~~~~~ DIMASA ~~~~~

written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Hill Kachari

dalem

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

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

दढ़ूनी darooni

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: Uttarakhand

दाढ़ीम daadheem, दढम्या dadhamya

• garhwalii dot com - blog site by Praveen Bartwal

~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~

written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam

dalim bite

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

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

अनार anaar

• विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश
• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

दाड़िम darim

• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts ... name variants: डारिम darim / दाड़िम्ब darimb

हिण्डीर hindir

• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ HMAR ~~~~~

written in: Roman (Hmar Hawrawp) ... spoken in: Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, Tripura, and Meghalaya

theibufai

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

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat

દાડમ dadam

• Patel, Yatin & Patel, Rohitkumar & Pankaj, Joshi & Dabgar, Yogesh. (2011). Study of the Angiospermic flora of Kachchh district, Gujarat, India. Life sciences Leaflets. 19. 739-768.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ದಾಳಿಂಬೆ daalimbe

• ವಿಕಿಕೋಟ್ - ಒಂದು ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ
• other variants of this name: ದಾಡಿಂಬೆ daadimbe / ದಾಳಿಂಬ daalimba / ದಾಡಿಂಬ daadimba / ದಾಳಿಂಬ್ರೆ daalimbre
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library ... or
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng

dalim

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

~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~

written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir ... other names for this language: Koshur

अनार् anaar, नार् نار naar

• A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson

دٲن کُل

• ویکیپیٖڈیا - آزاد اِنسیکُلوپیٖڈیا

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

दाळींब daaliimb

• विकिपीडिया - मुक्त विश्वकोश

~~~~~ KUMAONI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari ... spoken in: Uttarakhand

दाड़िम darim

• Forest Flora for Kumaon by A. E. Osmaston, F.L.S.

~~~~~ MAITHILI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मैथिली) ... spoken in: Bihar, Jharkhand

अनार anaar

• विकिपिडिया - एक मुक्त विश्वकोश

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

ദാഡിമം daadimam

• or ഡാഡിമം daadimam ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert

മാതളനാരകം maathalanaarakam, ഉറുമാൻപഴം urumaanpazham

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei

ꯀꯐꯣꯏ kaphoi

• Flowers of India, retrieved May 27, 2024

~~~~~ MARWARI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मारवाड़ी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan, Gujarat ... other names for this language: Marwadi

दाड़म daaram

• Wiktionary - The free dictionary

~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~

written in: Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Mising, Plains Miri

dalim

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

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian

theibuhfai

• Mizoram Hmulphurh leh Thlai Hmingte (Mizo - Botanical names) THUHMAHRUAI - by R.Thansanga

~~~~~ NAGAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Roman ... spoken in: Nagaland ... the Naga languages are a geographic and ethnic grouping of languages, spoken mostly by Naga peoples

taliim-tong

• Zhasa, N.N. & Hazarika, P. & TRIPATHI, YOGESH. (2015). Indigenous Knowledge on Utilization of Plant Biodiversity for Treatment and Cure of Diseases of Human Beings in Nagaland, India: A Case Study. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 4. 89-106.

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

दारिम daarim

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ଅନାର anaara, ଡାଳିମ୍ବ daalimba (or ଦାଡ଼ିମ dardima)

• Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism

दाळिम daalima

• Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A. P. Buddhadatta Mahathera
• or दालिम daalima ... The Pali Text Society - Pali-English Dictionary

~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~

written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar

انار anar

• ویکی‌پدیا - دانشنامهٔ آزاد
• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

نار naar, تاغ taag

• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab

ਅਨਾਰ anar, ਦਾਨੂ danu, ਦਰਿਊਣ dariun, ਦਾਰੂ daru

• The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan

दाड़यूं daarayum

• A dictionary of the dialects spoken in the state of Jeypore by George Macalister

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

दाडिम dadima, दन्तबीज dantabija, दशनबीज dashanabija, हिण्डीर hindira, कुचफल kuchaphala, कुट्टिम kuttima, नीरस nirasa, सत्फल satphala, वृत्तफल vrttaphala

• for pomegranate ... Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः

~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha

ᱚᱱᱟᱨ anar, ᱰᱟᱹᱞᱤᱢ dalim

• ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ

~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~

written in: Perso-Arabic (سِنڌِي), Devanagari (सिन्धी) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan

اَنارُ aanaru

• A Sindhi-English dictionary by Parmanand Mewaram

ڏاڙهۇن daaroon

• وڪيپيڊيا - هِڪُ کُليل ڄاڻَ چِيڪلو
• A Sindhi-English dictionary by Parmanand Mewaram

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

மாதுளை maatulai

• விக்கிப்பீடியா - கட்டற்ற கலைக் களஞ்சியம்
• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras ... or தாதுமாதுளை taatu-maatulai

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

దానిమ్మ daanimma

• వికీపీడియా - స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వమ
• A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ದಾಳಿಂಬೊ daalimbo

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~

written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka

انار anar

• ويكيپيڈيا - آزاد دائرۃ المعارف

داڙم darim

• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts ... name variants: ڐارم darim / دارمب darimb

هنڐير hindir

• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

grows wild in Western Himalayan regions: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand ¦ major pomegranate growing states: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan

• SHUKLA, A & Pramanick, Kallol & Watpade, Santosh & Patial, Madhu & Kumar, Jeshwanth. (2022). Performance of pomegranate (Punica granatum) genotypes in rainfed temperate region. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 92. 169-174. 10.56093/ijas.v92i2.122132.

~~~~~ Last updated: 16:18 31-05-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/05/punica-granatum-l.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Dinesh Valke]

corrected some typos in the compiled list ...

commonly known as: pomegranate • Arabic: رمان rummaan • Assamese: আনাৰ anar, ডালিম dalim, দাঢ়িম্ব darimbo, বেদানা bedana • Awadhi: अनार anaar • Bengali: বেদানা bedana • Bhojpuri: अनार anaar • Bodo: डालिम daalim • Dimasa: dalem • Dogri: दढ़ूनी darooni • Garhwali: दाढ़ीम daadheem, दढम्या dadhamya • Garo: dalim bite • Hindi: अनार anaar, दाड़िम darim, हिण्डीर hindir • Hmar: theibufai • Kachchhi: દાડમ dadam • Kannada: ದಾಳಿಂಬೆ daalimbe • Karbi: dalim • Kashmiri: अनार् anaar, नार् نار naar, دٲن کُل • Konkani: दाळींब daaliimb • Kumaoni: दाड़िम darim • Maithili: अनार anaar • Malayalam: ദാഡിമം daadimam, മാതളനാരകം maathalanaarakam, ഉറുമാൻപഴം urumaanpazham • Manipuri: ꯀꯐꯣꯏ kaphoi • Marwari: दाड़म daaram • Mishing: dalim • Mizo: theibuhfai • Nagamese: taliim-tong • Nepali: दारिम daarim • Odia: ଅନାର anaara, ଡାଳିମ୍ବ daalimba • Pali: दाळिम daalima • Persian: انار anar, نار naar, تاغ taag • Punjabi: ਅਨਾਰ anar, ਦਾਨੂ danu, ਦਰਿਊਣ dariun, ਦਾਰੂ daru • Rajasthani: दाड़यूं daarayum • Sanskrit: दाडिम dadima, दन्तबीज dantabija, दशनबीज dashanabija, हिण्डीर hindira, कुचफल kuchaphala, कुट्टिम kuttima, नीरस nirasa, सत्फल satphala, वृत्तफल vrttaphala • Santali: ᱚᱱᱟᱨ anar, ᱰᱟᱹᱞᱤᱢ dalim • Sindhi: اَنارُ aanaru, ڏاڙهۇن daaroon • Tamil: மாதுளை maatulai • Telugu: దానిమ్మ daanimma • Tulu: ದಾಳಿಂಬೊ daalimbo • Urdu: انار anar, داڙم darim, هنڐير hindir

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/05/punica-granatum-l.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Dinesh Valke]

had missed adding entries of Marathi names ...

commonly known as: pomegranate • Arabic: رمان rummaan • Assamese: আনাৰ anar, ডালিম dalim, দাঢ়িম্ব darimbo, বেদানা bedana • Awadhi: अनार anaar • Bengali: বেদানা bedana • Bhojpuri: अनार anaar • Bodo: डालिम daalim • Dimasa: dalem • Dogri: दढ़ूनी darooni • Garhwali: दाढ़ीम daadheem, दढम्या dadhamya • Garo: dalim bite • Hindi: अनार anaar, दाड़िम darim, हिण्डीर hindir • Hmar: theibufai • Kachchhi: દાડમ dadam • Kannada: ದಾಳಿಂಬೆ daalimbe • Karbi: dalim • Kashmiri: अनार् anaar, नार् نار naar, دٲن کُل • Konkani: दाळींब daaliimb • Kumaoni: दाड़िम darim • Maithili: अनार anaar • Malayalam: ദാഡിമം daadimam, മാതളനാരകം maathalanaarakam, ഉറുമാൻപഴം urumaanpazham • Manipuri: ꯀꯐꯣꯏ kaphoi • Marathi: अनार anaar, डाळिंब daalimb • Marwari: दाड़म daaram • Mishing: dalim • Mizo: theibuhfai • Nagamese: taliim-tong • Nepali: दारिम daarim • Odia: ଅନାର anaara, ଡାଳିମ୍ବ daalimba • Pali: दाळिम daalima • Persian: انار anar, نار naar, تاغ taag • Punjabi: ਅਨਾਰ anar, ਦਾਨੂ danu, ਦਰਿਊਣ dariun, ਦਾਰੂ daru • Rajasthani: दाड़यूं daarayum • Sanskrit: दाडिम dadima, दन्तबीज dantabija, दशनबीज dashanabija, हिण्डीर hindira, कुचफल kuchaphala, कुट्टिम kuttima, नीरस nirasa, सत्फल satphala, वृत्तफल vrttaphala • Santali: ᱚᱱᱟᱨ anar, ᱰᱟᱹᱞᱤᱢ dalim • Sindhi: اَنارُ aanaru, ڏاڙهۇن daaroon • Tamil: மாதுளை maatulai • Telugu: దానిమ్మ daanimma • Tulu: ದಾಳಿಂಬೊ daalimbo • Urdu: انار anar, داڙم darim, هنڐير hindir

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/05/punica-granatum-l.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Nice picture and great efforts dear Dinesh ji.  Both Malayalam and English names are correct, regards, Sam.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam names.
Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Beautiful compilation Dinesh ji