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Opa, Ōpa: 5 definitions

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Opa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Opa in India is the name of a plant defined with Salvadora persica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Salvadora crassinervia Hochst. ex T. Anderson (among others).

2) Opa in Nigeria is also identified with Oxytenanthera abyssinica It has the synonym Houzeaubambus borzii (Mattei) Mattei (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Cytologia (1988)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1840)
· Boll. Soc. Ort. Mutuo Soccorso. (1910)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1907)
· Boll. R. Orto Bot. Giardino Colon. (1909)
· J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. (1860)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Opa, for example diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ō貹 (ओप).—f m Polish or burnish as operated or wrought. v ŧ for the operator, v ŧ, & in. con. basa for the subject. 2 Gilding or plating. v (as above) ŧ & ŧ, basa. 3 Bleaching or bleachedness. v (as above) ŧ & ŧ, basa. Note. ō貹 is not, in any of these three kindred senses, a noun of action, referring to the agent or doer: it throughout points to the operation effected or work wrought, the opus operatum. 4 From this third sense arises the use of ō貹 in the sense of Sunshine, and, because of popular practice, The morning and mild sunshine of the cold season. In this SHINE persons sit and bask, enjoying the exquisite operation of BLEACHING. v ŧ or ŧta basa. Ex. ābhāḷa ālē� mhaṇajē vastrālā ō貹 basāyācī nāhī� āṇi tulā ŧkhīla ō貹 ŧvavaṇāra nāhī�. 5 Steam or vapor. ō貹 ŧṇēṃ To adorn, befit, become; to give grace or lustre to. Ex. gōṛyā manuṣyāsa kāḷ� pōṣāka ō貹 ŧtō.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ō貹 (ओप).�f m Polish or burnish as operated or wrought. Gilding or plating. Bleaching. v ŧ & ŧ, basa. Also Sunshine. ō貹 ŧṇēṃ To adorn, befit, become; to give grace or lustre to.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Opa (ओप).�(°-), see aupa- (also s.v. upavusta, where mss. opa-).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Opa (ಒಪ):—[noun] = ղ್ಪ [oppa]1.

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Opādi (ಒಪಾದ�):—[noun] that which is attached, given along with.

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Ōpa (ಓಪ):—[noun] a beloved man; a lover.

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Ōpādi (ಓಪಾದ�):—[noun] the quality of being similar; similarity; likeness.

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Ōpādi (ಓಪಾದ�):—[adverb] like (that etc.); similar to; resembling.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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