a strong desire; craving.

a kind of milky herb used as a vegetable.

the plant Elephatopus scaber, of Asteraceae family.

a man who can read and write letters; a literate person.

a learned man; a man of letters.

a tropical and sub-tropical bird with brilliant plumage, hooked bill, good imitator of the human speech; parrot.

a poet whose compositions of poetical works are in ಅಕ್ಕರವೃತ್ತ, a metre regulated by number of syllables.

= ಅಕ್ಕಱು.

the foremost of an army; vanguard.

(masc.) one who leads others; a leader; a guide.

(pros.) a Kannaḍa metre having four lines, each of which has six groups of four units each followed by a long unit.

relating to form or structure; structural.