= ಕುಠಾರ - 1.

a man carrying or holding an axe (as a weapon, as a guard).

any of numerous climbing birds of the family Picidae, having a hard, pointed, chisel like bill for hammering repeatedly into wood to get insects, stiff tail feathers to support, and usu. bright plumage; a wood-pecker.

a pile, mass or mound of things jumbled together; a heap.

= ಕುಟಾರೆ.

(dial.) a kind of piciform bird of the Picidae family with a strong, pointed, chisel-shaped bill; a woodpecker.

a weapon with a short, pointed blade, used for stabbing; a dagger.

an extent of land that is flat, level or even; plane land.

the slope of a mountain.

the salt made by evaporating sea water.

a town; a city.

an organised group of soldiers; an army.

a bracelet; a band for the wrist or arm.

the state of (food) not being digested; indigestion.

= ಕಟೋರ1.

= ಕಟಾರಿ.

(rightly ಕಠೋರ) harsh ,unpleasantly sharp or rough - a) grating to the ear; discordant; b) too bright or vivid to the eye; glaring; c) too strong to the taste; bitter; d) not smooth to the touch; coarse; e) rough, crude or forbidding in appearance; f) excessively severe; cruel or unfeeling; pitiless; without ruth; ruthless; g) conforming strictly to a rule, method, standard, etc.; rigidly accurate or demanding.