any of the huge, thick-skinned, almost hairless mammals of Proboscidea order, being the largest of extant four-footed animals, having a long, flexible snout (called a trunk) and, usually, two ivory tusks growing out of the upper jaw, of which Alphas maximus, theIndian elephant is commonly domesticated the other being Loxodonta africana, the African elephant.

(used fig.) the quality or state of being large; largeness; something huge.

ಬಿಳಿ ಆನೆ biḷi āne something from which little profit or use is derived but which needs to be maintained at much expense; a white elephant; ಆನೆ ಇದ್ದರೂ ಸಾವಿರ, ಸತ್ತರೂ ಸಾವಿರ āne iddarū sāvira, sattarū sāvira great things have value always, i.e. both during their life time and after death too; ಆನೆಯ ಕೈಲಿ ಕಬ್ಬುಕೊಟ್ಟ ಹಾಗೆ āneya kaili kabbukoṭṭa hāge as irrecoverable as a lump of butter in a greyhound's mouth; ಆನೆ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದರೂ ಆಳುದ್ದ āne kēḷage biddarū āḷudda do not take the great man lightly even when he has fallen down; ಆನೆಗೂ ಅಡಿ ತಪ್ಪೀತು ānegū aḍi tappītu even great men falter; ಆನೆ ತಿಂಬೋದು ಸೊಪ್ಪು, ಇರುವೆ ತಿಂಬೋದು ಸಕ್ಕರೆ āne timbōdu soppu, iruve timbōdu sakkare what one enjoys depends on his or her ability to digest, rather than on his or her social status; ಆನೆ ನುಂಗಿದ ಬೇಲದ ಕಾಯಿಯ ಹಾಗೆ āne nuŋgida bēlada kāyiya hāge that which is consumed or wasted without being seen outwardly so; ಆನೆ ಬೆಂಡಾದರೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಹೊಕ್ಕೀತೆ āne beṇḍādare koṭṭige hokkīte? a person of dignity, may lose his wealth, but not his respect; ಆನೆ ಭಾರ ಆನೆಗೆ, ಇರುವೆ ಭಾರ ಇರುವೆಗೆ āne bhāra ānege, iruve bhāra iruvege no one knows the weight of another's burden; ಆನೆ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೋಗುವವನನ್ನು ಸುಣ್ಣ ಕೇಳಿದ ಹಾಗೆ āne mēle hōguvanannu suṇṇa kēḷida hāge (simile) it is like begging a worthless needle from an emperor;ಆನೆಯ ಗರ್ಭ āneya garbha the pregnancy of an elephant; 2. (fig.) any development, plan, implementation of which takes unduly long time; a tediously long period of endeavour before actual realisation; ಆನೆ ಸಾಧುವಾದರೆ ಅಗಸ ಮೈಲಿಗೆ ಹೇರಿದ āne sādhuvādare agasa maīlige hērida the willing horse is always worked to death; ಆನೆಬಿಟ್ಟು ಅಂಕುಶಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಡೆದಾಡಿದ ಹಾಗೆ āne biṭṭu aŋkuśakke hoḍedāḍidaru to be extremely careful about small amounts of money and not careful enough about larger amounts of money; to be penny-wise and pound foolish; ಆನೆಯೇ ಹೋಗುವಾಗ ಬಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಬಡಿದಾಡಿದರು ānēyē hōguvāga bālakke baḍidāḍidaru = ಆನೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಅಂಕುಶಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಡೆದಾಡಿದ ಹಾಗೆ; ಆನೆಯಾದರೂ ಸೊಪ್ಪು ಮೇಯೋದು ತಪ್ಪಲಿಲ್ಲ āneyādaru soppu mēyōdu tappalilla one can have only that which he is destined, irrespective of his rank or status; ಆನೆಯನ್ನು ನುಂಗುವವನಿಗೆ ಆಳು ಯಾವ ಲೆಕ್ಕ āneyannu nuŋguvavanige āḷu yāva lekka does he, who can move the mountain, care a fly; ಆನೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೂತವನನ್ನು ನಾಯಿ ಏನುಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ? āneya mēle kūtavanannu nāyi ēnu māḍuttade? bark not when you cannot bite; ಆನೆಹೋದ ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವೆ ಹೋಗಬಲ್ಲುದು, ಇರುವೆ ಹೋದ ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವೆ ಹೋಗಲಾಗದು āne hōda dāriyalli iruve hōgabahudu, iruve hōda dāriyalli āne hōgalāgadu humility survives all odds.

the plant Cassia occidentalis of Caesalpiniaceae family; wild cassia.