mahua

See also: máhuā

English

Alternative forms

• mahwa, mowra, mohwa, mowrah, mhowa, mowa, mowah

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi महुआ (mahuā).

Noun

mahua (plural mahuas)

1. Madhuca longifolia, a fast-growing Indian tropical tree cultivated for its oleaginous seeds.

   Synonyms: iluppai, mowra butter tree

   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 119:

     When the Mannewars, another forest tribe of the Central Provinces, pick the flowers of the mahua tree (Bassia latifolia), they worship the tree and offer it some of the liquor distilled from the new flowers, along with a fowl and a goat.

Hypernyms

• tree

Translations

Madhuca longifolia

• Arabic: مَهْوَا f (mahwā)
• Bengali: মহুয়া (bn) (mohuẏa), মউল (bn) (moul), মউআ (moua), মৌল (bn) (mōul)
• Burmese: ကမ်စော် (kamcau), မည်စည် (my) (manycany), မယ်ဇယ် (maijai)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: öljymahuapuu, mahuapuu (fi)
• German: Mahwabaum m, Mahuabaum m
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: महुआ (hi) (mahuā)
• Japanese: モワ (mowa), マフア (mahua), マーワ (māwa) (var. latifolia), イリッペ (irippe) (var. latifolia)
• Kannada: ಇಪ್ಪೆ (kn) (ippe), ಹಿಪ್ಪೆ (kn) (hippe)
• Malayalam: ഇലിപ്പ (ml) (ilippa), ഇരുപ്പ (iruppa)
• Marathi: मोह (moh)
• Nepali: मौवा (mauwā)
• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Punjabi: ਮਹੂਆ (pa) (mahūā), ਧਾਵਾ (dhāvā) (blossom)
• Sanskrit: मधूक (sa) m or n (madhūka), गुडपुष्प (sa) m (guḍapuṣpa), मधुद्रुम (sa) m (madhudruma), मधुष्ठील (sa) m (madhuṣṭhīla)
• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Tamil: இலுப்பை (ta) (iluppai), இருப்பை (ta) (iruppai), குலிகம் (ta) (kulikam), குலிசம் (ta) (kulicam), அவித்துருமம் (ta) (avitturumam), கற்கம் (ta) (kaṟkam) (blossom)
• Telugu: ఇప్ప (te) (ippa), ఇప్పచెట్టు (ippaceṭṭu), మధూకము (te) (madhūkamu)
• Tulu: please add this translation if you can