any desert plant of the cactus family, with fleshy stems, reduced or spinelike leaves, and often showy flowers; cactus.

(fig.) a wicked man.

a sub-caste of agricultural-caste.

a woman who steals or appropriates portable property etc. from another or others; a female thief.

a term of endearment used in case of young, mischievous girl.

the act or an instance of stealing; theft.

a quantity of thread or yarn wound in a coil; skein.

= ಕಳ್2.

a man who habitually steals or is guilty of theft; a thief.

a person guilty of or likely to commit great crimes; an evil or wicked person; a scoundrel; a villain.

a wooden pin used to insert a) in to the hole of latch of a door for preventing it from being opened or b) in to the hole of a yoke to hold the cord preventing from an ox disengaging itself from the yoke.

a man unable to speak, usu. because of a congenital defect or deafness; a dumb man.

pleasing to hear; sounding sweet; melodious.