[rightly ಕರ್ಣ ] the organ of hearing and balance in humans and vertebrates, esp. the external part of this; the ear.

corresponding organ in other animals.

= ಕರಣೆ2.

a paste applied to the central part of the skin or parchment of percussion instruments like Mridanga, tabala.

= ಕರಣಿಕ.

an elephant's elongated prehensile nose; the trunk.

the plant Aloe perfoliata of Liliaceae family.

a cogulated mass (as of curds); a thick mass of coagulated liquid, esp. of blood; a clot.

a paste applied to the central part of the skin or parchment of a Mridanga, tabala.

a long brass blow-pipe.

a small hand-held tool with a flat pointed blade, used to apply and spread mortar etc by a mason; a trowel.

(as cows) the giving of milk.

a cow or buffalo that is giving milk.

a female elephant.

a class of women as classified in the science of erotics.