Thank you very very much, Vijayasankar ji, for the clarification and help with coining an appropriate name for this plant. I like the latter option of *மலை நாவல் malai naaval* = hill jamun; it is a very nice name.
Regards. Dinesh ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Vijay Raman <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 9:37 AM Subject: Re: Tamil name of Syzygium laetum (Buch.-Ham.) Gandhi To: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Dear Dinesh ji, The name 'kollinjaval' is recognized as a Malayalam name in several references (e.g., IISc-IndiaFlora <https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=11660&cat=13>, wisdomlib.org <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kollinjaval>, Navendu's book on Endemic Woody Plants <https://ruffordorg.s3.amazonaws.com/media/project_reports/Endemic%20Woody%20Plants.pdf>). It may have been mistakenly listed as a Tamil name on some websites. For *Syzygium laetum*, I think the Tamil name *காட்டு நாவல்* 'kaattu naaval' meaning *forest/wild jamun*, or *மலை நாவல்* 'malai naaval' which translates to *hill jamun* may be appropriate. Best regards, Vijayasankar --------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. National Botanist, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-NIS National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC-20560, USA On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 4:31 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vijayasankar ji, > Lately I have troubled you a lot with getting Tamil names. > > > BIOTIK (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for > Interactive shared Knowledge base) > The Kannada page for *Syzygium laetum > <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/s/syzylaet/syzylaet_ka.html>* in > BIOTIK has mentioned Tamil name as *ಕೊಲ್ಲಿಂಜವಲ್* (kollinjaval) and it > gets transcribed to *கொல்லிஞ்சாவல்* (kollinjaval) in Tamil ... I used > Google Translate. > > > Please, only when you have time, you may help me with Tamilicising this > *கொல்லிஞ்சாவல்* (kollinjaval). > > Regards. > Dinesh > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC0x%2BVJAuSHAXom%2B9Bqz47W9m3rs9VekOGR7%3D-OhekFgxQ%40mail.gmail.com.
