1. ಅ

    ♪ a
      noun
    1. the first letter and the first vowel of the Kannaḍa alphabet;
    2. ಅ ಆ ಬಾರದಿದ್ದರೂ ಅಮರವಾದರೂ ಹೇಳು aā bāradiddarū amaravādarū heḷu (prov.) even the illiterate must know the lexicon.

  2. ಅ

    ♪ a
      noun
    1. the first of the three syllables that make the sacred compound-syllable ಓಂ''.

  3. ಅ

    ♪ a
      independent clause
    1. an indeclinable used as an end termination to show report or tradition - 'as they say', 'as reported', 'is it not'.

  4. ಅ

    ♪ a
      independent clause
    1. an indeclinable termination to verbs to add politeness in addressing ನೋಡುನೋಡ(>, ನೋಡಾ) the second person in singular number.

  5. ಅ

    ♪ a
      independent clause
    1. an indeclinable to verbs to make it interrogative.

  6. ಅ

    ♪ a
      independent clause
    1. a termination to nouns or pronouns to express them in possessive case (the sixth case in Kannaḍa grammar).

  7. ಅ

    ♪ a
      independent clause
    1. a particle, used at the end, to form personal nouns while compounding (as ಅಯ್ಸರಳು ಅಯ್ಸರಳ>, ಕಾರೊಡಲ).

  8. ಅ

    ♪ a
      preposition
    1. a prefix, corresponding to 'in' or 'un' of English, used as a negative particle to mean (a) 'negation', 'absence', (b) distinction, difference, (c) 'bad', 'unfit', (d) 'opposition'.

  9. ಅ

    ♪ a
      noun
    1. a termination of the infinitive (as in ಎಸಗುಅಎಸಗ+= for ಎಸಗಲು).

  10. ಅ

    ♪ a
      noun
    1. a termination of the third person in the neuter of the negative (as in ಸಲ್ಲಸಲ್ಲದು=).

  11. ಅ

    ♪ a
      noun
    1. any of the Hindu trinity, Brahma, Viṣṇu and Śiva.