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English term or phrase:
raffia
Hindi translation:
राफिया ताड़ / राफिया पाम
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raffia
ताड़ = palm tree
raffia is a palm native to Madagascar, can the generic term ताड़ be used?
Does a translation for rafia exist?
Transliteration of rafia plus ताड़ could be acceptable
Though technically I have put under the category Botany but the end user is the layman.
| 4 +2 | राफिया ताड़ / राफिया पाम |
Lalit Sati
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| 5 | ताड़ का वृक्ष, ताड़्पत्र का रेशा |
Siddhi Talati
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| 5 | ताड़ |
Binod Ringania
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Feb 8, 2013 07:00: Shera Lyn Parpia changed "Language pair" from "Hindi to English" to "English to Hindi"
Proposed translations
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राफिया ताड़ / राफिया पाम
दरअसल भारत में प्राय: जो ताड़ वृक्ष मिलते हैं उनका Genus है - Borassus
जबकि raffia का Genus है - Raphia
किंतु ये एक ही Family (Arecaceae) की वनस्पतियां हैं। इसलिए इन्हें राफिया ताड़ कहा जाना चाहिए।
कई लोग इन्हें भारत में पाये जाने वाले ताड़ से भिन्न करने के लिए राफिया पाम भी लिखते हैं। जैसे कि रॉयल पाम, बॉटल पाम को लिखा जाता है।
इनसे मिलने वाला रेशा राफिया ताड़ का रेशा कहा जाएगा। जहां लोग अच्छी तरह जानते हों, यानी जहां इनकी खेती की जाती हो या कारखाना हो वहां के लोगों के लिए सिर्फ राफिया ही लिखा जा सकता है।
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Note added at 5 hrs (2013-02-08 04:00:03 GMT)
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The Raffia palms (Raphia) are a genus of twenty species of palms native to tropical regions of Africa, especially Madagascar, with one species (R. taedigera) also occurring in Central and South America.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffia_palm)
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ताड़ का वृक्ष, ताड़्पत्र का रेशा
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Note added at 21 mins (2013-02-07 22:53:02 GMT)
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ताड़ का वृक्ष, ताड़पत्र का रेशा- Corrected. I was not able to see the . on the previous page.
1. Fibers of the raffia tree is used to make baskets and mats etc.
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