a careful search or examination; systematic inquiry for knowing the facts; an investigation.

a kind of thick, spicy, liquid food used to mix with rice.

a mixture of ground-up, moistened material; a pulp.

the essential quality or condition of an acid; sourness; acidity.

to dash or scatter a liquid substance, mud, etc. on; to splash.

to get oneself involved in or as in a tangle; to be caught, as in a net, vine, etc., so that escape is difficult; to be ensnared.

to become complex or intricate by intertwining (as thread, situation, etc.).

the condition of things, as thread, etc. being intertwined and setting right of which is difficult.

the condition of being jumbled, complicated or is perplexing, which is difficult to solve.

the act or fact of being entangled oneself with another or another's affairs.

= ಕಜ್ಜಾಯ - 2.

a slit or loop, in a clothing, apparel, etc. through which a button can be fastened; a button-hole.

ಕಾಜದ ಹೊಲಿಗೆ kājada holige a closely worked loop stitch making a reinforced edge, around a buttonhole; buttonhole-stitch.

(correctly ಗಜ) an elephant.

effort directed to an end; a work, deed done or intended to be done.

either of Elephas maximus or Loxodonta africana of the Proboscidea order, huge, thick-skinned, largest of extant four-footed animals, almost hairless mammal, with a long flexible trunk and, usu. two ivory tusks growing out of the upper jaw, which is commonly domesticated; an elephant.

(in comp.) anything that is huge, large.

a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet or 36 inches (0.9144 meter); a yard.

a unit of measure of writing paper; a double foolscap size.

a piece of an iron rod.

a small hollow bamboo piece used to shoot with the seeds of certain plants, used as a toy.

the symbol of the number eight.

a kind oflliteration, in which the alliterative consonant is not a compound and has a long preceding vowel.

a churning, beating or shaking (milk, cream, etc.) in a churn (as to make butter from).

an apparatus used to churn (milk, curd etc.); a churning-stick.

a large long-handled spoon with a cup-shaped bowl used for serving liquid foods; a ladle.

a physical struggle; a fight; battle; a combat.

any action, task, etc. required by or relating to one's occupation or position; a work; duty.

a scheme or programme for making, doing or arranging something; a plan or design.

a method of proceeding.

a dispute or disagreement, esp. one marked by anger and deep resentment ; a quarrel or quarreling.

a heavy, rumbling sound as of thunder, roaring (of a lion), etc.

the tree Anacardium occidentale of Anacardiaceae family; cashew nut tree.

a hard, amorphous, brittle, usu. transparent, substance, a bad conductor of electricity, made of the oxides of silicon; glass.

a pair of framed lenses with side pieces to grip the temple, used for better vision; a spectacle.

the refracting structure between the crystalline and vitreous humours of the eye; the lense.

(dial.) a glass bangle.

a Muhammadan priest.

a Muhammadan judge or a law officer; a cadi.

bent; crocked; curved downward.

a violent contention or altercation between individuals or with others; a quarrel.

the act of contending; strife; struggle; controversy; dispute; contention.

a false reason or motive put forth to hide the real one; an excuse; a pretext.

(dial.) a track of land with plenty of sub-soil water.