the father of one's father or mother; a grand father.

an old man.

an old man appointed for managing, protecting the royal gynaecium (the inner quarters for the ladies in a palace).

Brahma.

a term of honour affixed to the names of elderly persons;

ಅಜ್ಜನ ಕಾಲದ್ದು ajjana kāladdu (sarc.) that which belongs to distant past; a very old thing; ಅಜ್ಜನಿಗೆ ಮೊಮ್ಮಗ ಆಕಳಿಕೆ ಕಲಿಸಿದ ಹಾಗೆ ajjanige mommaga ākaḷike kalisida hāge, (prov.) = ಅಜ್ಜನಿಗೆ ಮೊಮ್ಮಗ ಕೆಮ್ಮು ಕಲಿಸಿದಹಾಗೆ; = ಅಜ್ಜನಿಗೆ ಮೊಮ್ಮಗ ಕೆಮ್ಮು ಕಲಿಸಿದಹಾಗೆ ajjanige mommaga kemmu kalisida hāge, (prov.) (a simile) a novice teaching an expert; teaching the grand mother to suck eggs; ಅಜ್ಜಾ ಮದುವೆ ಎಂದರೆ, 'ನನಗೋ?' ಎಂದ ajjā maduve endare, 'nanagō' enda (prov.) aging is not for passions; The wolf loses his teeth, but not his inclinations.

the soft substance like fine wool covering the seeds of the plant Chrysophyllum cainito or Calotropis gigantea.

the central portion of a spider-web.

without a birth; existing from all eternity.

not yet born; unborn.

of, related or got from goats.

one who is existing from all eternity; the Supreme Being.

he who is born from Viṣṇu ; Brahma.

(in gen.) an epithet of Brahma, Viṣṇu or Śiva.

the individual soul.

the Sun.

the Moon.

Manmatha, the Love-God.

the jina, the sanctified teacher in Jainism.

the leader of a flock.

a he-goat.

a ram.

the first of the twelve zodiac signs; the Aries.

seasoned paddy.

rain.

an ocean.

an elephant.

the earth.

a female human being ; a woman.

deliverance from the worldly affairs; salvation of the soul.

anything kept from the knowledge or notice of others; a secret.

(dial.) a secret, usually evil, project or scheme.

open armed conflict between countries or between factions within the same country or between two individuals; a war; a fight.

an open field where a war takes place; a war-field.

a competition of speed in running, usu. with a betting.

ill words used to censure, condemn or reprimand; rebuke.

an old woman.

the mother of one's father or mother.

a term of respectful familiarity to any elderly woman.

(=but rightly it is, ಜಿ) a suffix with the names or words showing the relations, used to express familiarity or respect (as in ಅಣ್ಣಾಜಿ, ಅಕ್ಕಾಜಿ, etc.).

a she-goat.

the spiritual ignorance.

the mother of one's mother or father; a grand mother.

an old woman.

an old woman appointed in the women's quarter in a palace.

(jain.) a woman-ascetic.

an honourable term appended to a woman's name.

(dial.) a widow with shaven head;

ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಆಟ ajji āṭa a children's play; ಅಜ್ಜಿಯ ಮಂಚ ajjiya mañca (coll.) a most conspicuous northern constellation between Lynx and Draco, which contains more than 50 visible stars, seven of which form the Big Dipper; the Great Bear; the Ursa Major; ಅಜ್ಜಿಯ ಮಂಚ ತಲೆಕೆಳಗಾಗು ajjiya mañca talekeḷagāgu (fig.) to dawn; (day) to begin; ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಹೊರಸು ajjihorasu (dial.) a northern constellation surrounded by Draco and containing the Northern celestial pole and the Little Dipper: Ursa Minor; ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಸಾಕಿದ ಮಗು ajji sākida magu an over-fondled child; a spoilt child; ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಸಾಕಿದ ಮಗು ಬೊಜ್ಜಕ್ಕೂ ಬಾರದು ajji sākida magu bojjakkū bāradu (prov.) mother's darlings are but milksop heroes; ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಮನೆ ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಊಟ ajji illada mane, majjige illada ūṭa (prov). it is essential that every house has an elderly person; ಅಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಅರಿವೆ ಚಿಂತೆ, ಮೊಮ್ಮಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಿಂಡನ ಚಿಂತೆ ajjige arive cinte, magaḷige miṇḍana cinte (prov.) each one rides his wish-horse in his own way; every heart hath its own ache; ಅಜ್ಜಿ ನೂತದ್ದೆಲ್ಲ ಅಜ್ಜನ ಉಡಿದಾರಕ್ಕೆ ajji nūtaddella ajjana uḍidārakke (prov.) (one's income or resources) with just enough for immediate needs and nothing left over for the future; from hand to mouth; being on the breadline; ಅಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಮೊಮ್ಮಗಳು ಕೆಮ್ಮು ಕಲಿಸಿದ ಹಾಗೆ ajjige mommagaḷu kemmu kalisida hāge (prov.) = ಅಜ್ಜನಿಗೆ ಮೊಮ್ಮಗ ಕೆಮ್ಮು ಕಲಿಸಿದಹಾಗೆ.

to force an object to go under the surface of the water; to immerse.

an old man in the service of the quarters of a palace where royal women live.