an elder brother.

a respectful mode of addressing a male (irrespective of his age).

a term used (esp. in the southern parts of Karnāṭaka by some communities) to address father.

a term used to address a male sarcastically.

a castrated man, kept in charge of a harem; a eunuch.

a suffix to the names of males (either as a part of the name or used respectfully);

ಅಣ್ಣ ಸತ್ತರೆ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ ನಿಲ್ಲದು aṇṇa sattare huṇṇime nilladu (prov.) the sun will not stop rising in the east if my alarm clock is not working; time and tide wait for no man; ಅಣ್ಣ ತನ್ನವನಾದರೆ ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ ತನ್ನವಳೇ? aṇṇa tannavanādare attige tannavaḷe? (prov.) a distant relative need not have concern as a blood relative; ಅಣ್ಣತಮ್ಮನಮರ aṇṇa tammana mara the tree Dipterocarpus indicus of Dipterocarpaceae family; Indian dipterocarp; ಅಣ್ಣನಂಕಕಾರ aṇṇanaŋkakāra a military title given to a man who fights for his elder brother; ಅಣ್ಣನ ಗಂಧವಾರಣ aṇṇana gandvāraṇa = ಅಣ್ಣನಂಕಕಾರ; ಅಣ್ಣನ ಬಂಟ aṇṇana baṇṭa = ಅಣ್ಣನಂಕಕಾರ; ಅಣ್ಣನ ಸಿಂಗ aṇṇana siŋga = ಅಣ್ಣನಂಕಕಾರ; ಪರವೆಂಡಿರಣ್ಣ paraveṇḍiraṇṇa one who regards another's wife as his own sister.

a small pond or a small stream (?).

a ceremonious impurity .

one's stepfather's son or stepmother's son by remarriage, who is elder to oneself.