a solemn, earnest supplication or request to a superior or deity or to a person or group in authority; prayer or entreaty; a petition.

great fame; reputation; celebrity; renown.

a Jaina woman under solemn vows.

the act or process of washing rice in water before being cooked.

= ಅರಕ1.

to deposit a coating of metal, esp. of gold or silver, on by electrolysis; an electroplating.

the quality or state of being deficient; absence of something essential; incompleteness; deficiency.

deficient quantity; shortfall.

(dial.) refined lac, a resin usually produced in thin, flaky layers or shells and used in making varnish, sealing packets etc.

= ಅರಕ1.

= ಅರಕು2.

(food) to change in the stomach and intestines by the action of gastric and intestinal juices, enzymes, into a form that can be absorbed by the body; to be digested.

to become one's absolute property (as the swindled money, escaping the legal consequences).

to rot; to decline in excellence; to decay.