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the thick, whitish liquid obtained by boiling rice in slightly excess water; rice-gruel.
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a liquid meal made by boiling rice, ragi or jowar flour and, often adding, buttermilk; a porridge.
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(fig.) a trifling food.
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a white, tasteless, odourless food substance found in potatoes, rice, corn, wheat, cassava, and many other vegetable foods, used as an after-wash for stiffening clothes; starch.
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the white edible layer in the tender coconut.
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ಗಂಜಿ ಇಳಿಸು ganji iḷisu to render a person weak, sapless or effeminate; ಗಂಜಿ ಊಟ ganji ūṭa meals consisting mainly or only of rice-gruel; ಗಂಜಿ ಕುಡಿದರೂ, ಗಂಡನ ಮನೆ ಲೇಸು ganji kuḍidarū gaṇḍana mane lēsu (prov.) however miserable it is, one's husband's house is preferred to any other; ಗಂಜಿ ಕುಡಿಯುವವನಿಗೆ ಗಡ್ಡ ನೀವೋನೊಬ್ಬ ganji kuḍiyuvavanige gaḍḍ nīvōnobba (prov.) a wretched menial wanted an orderly to serve him; ಗಂಜಿ ಕುಡಿಸು ganji kuḍisu to feed with porridge; 2 (fig.) to subject to suffering; to put into a difficult situation; ಗಂಜಿ ನೀರು ganji nīru watery portion of rice-gruel; 2. (derog.) food (in gen.); ಗಂಜಿ ಹಾಕು ganji hāku to feed (esp. to a poor person); 2. to stiffen, size clothes using starch; ಗಂಜಿ ಬಿಸಿಯಾದರೆ ಉಪ್ಪಿನ ಕಾಯಿ ಕಚ್ಚು ganji bisiyādare uppina kāyi kaccu (prov.) to suggest for relieving a pain, a more painful rfemedy.