1. ಒರಳು

    ♪ oraḷu
      verb
    1. to scream; to yell - a) to cry out loudly; b) to utter a shrill, loud, piercing cry in fright, pain, etc.
  2. ಒರಳು

    ♪ oraḷu
      noun
    1. a heavy vessel of stone, usu. firmly set into the ground, with a cup-shaped cavity in which grains, corns, etc. are pounded with a pestle; a mortar.
    2. ಒರಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂತರೆ ಒನಕೆಯ ಪೆಟ್ಟು ತಪ್ಪೀತೆ? oraḷalli kūtare onake peṭṭu tappīte one cannot protect himself from burning by jumping into the fire; gather thistles and expect prickles; ಒರಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಳು ಹುರಿದರೆ ಅರಳು ಆದೀತೆ? orḷalli haraḷu huridare araḷu ādīte? action sans wisdom can never bring the desired result; ಒರಳು ಹೋಗಿ ಮದ್ದಳೆ ಸಂಗಡ ಹೇಳಿದ ಹಾಗೆ oraḷu hōgi maddaḷe saŋgaḍa hēḷida hāge a simile used to describe a situation of one agonised person going to another similarly agonised person, for sympathy.
  3. ಒರಳ್

    ♪ oraḷ
      noun
    1. = ಒರಳು2.
  4. ಒರಳೆ

    ♪ oraḷe
      noun
    1. any of pale-coloured social insects of Isoptera order, having a soft body and living in colonies composed of winged forms that mate and wingless workers and soldiers that are usually sterile or immature; a white ant; a termite.