a human being; a woman or a man.

(gen.) a man.

a man of capacity; a capable man; a manly person.

a soldier.

a member of that branch of an army consisting of soldiers trained and equipped to fight chiefly on foot; a foot-soldier.

a disciple.

a person employed to perform services, esp. household duties, for another; a servant.

a chess piece of the lowest value which can be moved only forward and one square at a time (or two squares on its first move), and which captures with a diagonal move; a pawn.

a measure of depth or height, varying from 5 feet to six feet.

ಆಳಾಗಿಸಿಕೊ āḷāgisiko to make (another person) a servant; to make a person a slave for oneself; ಆಳಾಳ್ āḷāḷa slave of a slave; a very humble person.

to go under the surface of a liquid; to plunge or sink oneself in to water etc.

to be engaged or absorbed deeply (as in a work, sorrow, etc.); 3) to be or to go within.

to cause to drown.

to fall losing one's strength; to collapse.

to exercise authority over; to rule; to administer; to direct; to control; to manage, to govern.

to obtain; to get; to have; to possess.

to enjoy; to use with delight and satisfaction.

to protect; to faster; to take care of.

ಆಳ್ದ āḷda one who ruled or governed; a king; a lord; 2. a man with reference to the woman to whom he is married; a husband; ಆಳ್ದನಚಕ್ರ āḷdanacakra a main guard or a trusted soldier (of a king etc.) (chiefly used as a title meaning literarily - 'the sharp discus weapon in the hand of the king'); ಆಳ್ದಳ್ āḷdaḷa mistress - a) a woman who ruled others or had control, authority or power over something; b) a woman who was head of a household; 2. a woman in her relationship to her husband; a wife; ಆಳ್ವನ್ āḷvan he who rules; a king; a lord; ಆಳಿಬಾಳಿದವ āḷibāḷidava an elderly man with rich experience and wisdom; ಆಳ್ದೊತ್ತು āḷdottu to seize and press hard; ಆಳ್ದುಂಬರ್ಪರ್ āḷdumbarpar (pl.) those who occupy, seize and rule over.

the distance from the top downward, from the surface inward or from front to back; depth.

profundity of thought; intellectual depth.

that which cannot be seen from outside; inner feelings, thought, secret, etc.

ಆಳಕ್ಕೆ ಇಳಿ āḷakke iḷi to go deep into (water or a subject being studied); 2. to probe deep; to examine intently; to search for the root or cause of; ಆಳವಾಗಿ ಆಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡು āḷavāgi abhyāsamāḍu to study and understand thoroughly; ಆಳವಾದ ಪಾಂಡಿತ್ಯ āḷavāda paṇḍitya learning acquired by reading and deep study; erudite scholarship; ಆಳನೋಡಿ ಹಾರು āḷanōḍi hāru to study the pros and cons of an undertaking before taking it up; look before you leap.

the act or an instance of cheating; deceiving.

soft; delicate; tender.

weak; fragile; thin.

thick; viscous; dense.

not deep; superficial; shallow.

(dial.) thick bamboo splits used crosswise in making the roof of a house.

to sob and shed tears, with or without making a loud vocal sound, in expressing sorrow, pain, grief, etc.; weep.

a loud vocal sound expressing pain, anger, fright, joy, etc.; a fit of weeping.

a kind of tax levied, not in practice now.

to find out or estimate the extent, dimensions, etc. of, esp. by the use of a standard; to measure.

to judge or determine the worth or quality of; appraise; to evaluate.

(colloq.) to lie; to make believe; to exaggerate disproportionately.

ಅಳೆದು ಸುರಿ/ಅಳೆದು ಹೊಯ್ aḷedu suri/aḷedu hoy (fig.) to think thoroughly; 2. to take over-care in considering the pros and cons of an act or to hesitate in taking a decision; ತಳವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಅಳೆ taḷavillade aḷe (fig.) to tell a lie; to pull a fast one.

the liquid left after churning butter from milk; butter milk.

to move an object; to shake.

to move (oneself) about; to be oscillating; to swing or sway to and fro.

to move (oneself) from one place to another.

certain quantity of grains (as rice, ragi, dal, etc.) given in lieu of wages for the service of measuring or weighing, esp. on a weekly-fair day.

the fleshy side of a person of animal from the ribs to the hip; the flank.

looseness; laxity; bagginess.

any of various decapods with four pairs of legs, one pair of pincers, a flattish shell, and a short, broad abdomen folded under its thorax; a crab.