via Species <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > P <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/p> > *Portulaca oleracea* L. [image: Portulaca oleracea]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5675674737/>
[image: Flowers of India]<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Purslane.html>[image: Discussions at efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Portulaca%20oleracea>[image: more views in flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Portulacaoleracea&m=tags&z=m>[image: more views on Google Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Portulacaoleracea&format=kml_nl> *commonly known as*: purslane<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/purslane> • *Assamese*: মালভোগ শাক malbhog xaak<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/assamese/malabhoga-saka-malbhog-xaak> • *Bengali*: নূনিযা সাগ nuniya saag<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/nuniya-saga-nuniya-saag> • *Gujarati*: લૂણી luni<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/luni-luni> • *Hindi*: घोल ghol<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/ghola-ghol> , लोनिया loniya<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/loniya-loniya> , नोनिया noniya<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/noniya-noniya> • *Kannada*: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗೋಣಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು dodda goni soppu<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/dodda-goni-soppu-dodda-goni-soppu> , ಕಿರುಗೋಣಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು kirugoni soppu<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kirugoni-soppu-kirugoni-soppu> • *Kashmiri*: कुन kuna<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kashmiri/kuna-kuna> • *Konkani*: गोळ gol<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/konkani/gola-gol> • *Malayalam*: കൊഴുപ്പ koluppa<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/kealuppa-koluppa> • *Manipuri*: লৈবাক কুন্দো leibak kundo<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/manipuri/laibaka-kundo-leibak-kundo> • *Marathi*: घोळ ghol<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/ghola-ghol> • *Oriya*: lunia<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/lunia> • *Persian*: خرفه khurfa<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/persian/khurfa> • *Punjabi*: ਧਮਣੀ dhamni<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/punjabi/dhamani-dhamni> , ਕੁਲਫਾ kulfa<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/punjabi/kulapha-kulfa> , ਲੂਨਕ lunak<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/punjabi/lunaka-lunak> •*Sanskrit*: घोटक ghotaka<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/ghotaka-ghotaka> , लोणिका lonika<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/lonika-lonika> • *Tamil*: கோழிக்கீரை koli-k-kirai<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/kolikkirai-koli-k-kirai> , பருப்புக்கீரை paruppu-k-kirai<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/paruppukkirai-paruppu-k-kirai> • *Telugu*:పెద్ద పావిలికూర pedda pavilikura<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/pedda-pavilikura-pedda-pavilikura> *botanical name*: *Portulaca oleracea* L. Regards. Dinesh On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Many thanks Gurcharan ji for the quick response. > Could find it from online transliteration to be chanikya saag. > > Yes, noniya OR nuniya is a popular name for *Portulaca oleracea* in Bengal > and Assam. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dinesh ji >> Don't know about transliteration but from my Useful Plant of India it is >> Noniya (perhaps first word) the second I guess should be saag >> >> Assamese name for plant is Noniya >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear Assamiya-knowing friends, >>> >>> Please let me know how does চানেকীয়া শাক gets transliterated in English. >>> This is in context of *Portulaca oleracea*. >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >

