any unclean or soiling matter, as mud, dust, dung, trash, etc.; spoiled or waste food, as from a market or kitchen, that is thrown away; rubbish; filth; garbage.

any worthless, unnecessary or offensive matter.

a morally vicious or corrupt thought, intention.

any of various plant diseases caused by fungi or bacteria and characterised by decay; rot.

that is soiled; dirty; unclean; putrid; rotten.

disagreeable or contemptible; mean; nasty.

unfair; dishonest; unsportsmanlike.

not proper or fitting; unseemly; improper; indecent.

morally offensive; obscene; pornographic.

the act of taking into one's hands, accepting or receiving or buying.

to become putrid or rotten; to decompose; to putrefy; to rot; to decay.

(fig.) to remain in a condition without making progress, hence become useless; to be or become stagnant; (coll.) to remain in the same place or position without any growth in one's career.

the (outer) corner of an eye.

the water lily plant Nymphaea nouchali ( = N. pubescens) of Nymphaeaceae family.

its white flower; white lotus.

an ornamental, metal cone for the horns of cattle.

a case; a sheath; an envelop.

hollow space as within a bamboo; the upper part of the bamboos.

the act or an instance of stealing; theft.

a floor made for thrashing grains; a thrashing floor.

a wide area where a battle is fought; a battlefield.

a place where game or games are played; a play-ground.

a bed made for planting plants (esp. seedlings).

to commit or get by, theft; to take or appropriate (another's property, ideas, etc.) without permission, dishonestly or unlawfully, esp. in a secret or surreptitious manner; to steal; to thieve.

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

pleasing to hear; sounding sweet; melodious.

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

= ಕಳ್2.

the colour of coal or pitch; black colour.

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

the juice that circulates through a plant, esp. a woody plant, bearing water, food, etc. to the tissues; the plant sap.

toddy - a) the sweet sap of various East Indian palms, used as a beverage b) an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting this sap.

(dial.) a pattern of squares often alternately coloured; chequer.