the act or process of taking off, subtracting from.

a depriving or being deprived; deprivation.

a man working in gold and silver, making esp. ornaments.

a weapon for cutting and thrusting, consisting of a hilt with a cross-guard and a long straight or curved blade with a sharp point; a sword.

the four-legged long-eared mammal of the horse genus Equus hemionus; an ass.

(in gen.) the domesticated one; a donkey.

a female thief.

a woman who shuns hard work.

a pledging of a stolen articles.

a pledging of something in secret.

wicked or corrupt mind.

the fresh water fish Bagarius yarellii.

a female friend or companion.

(p.p. of ಕೊಳೆ, used as adj.) rotten and foul-smelling; decomposed.