a match-making agent whose profession is ascertaining genealogies of two families, negotiating matrimonial alliances, etc.

a person who organises or manages; an organiser.

a unit - a) a single person or group, esp. as distinguished from others or as part of a whole; b) a single, distinct part or object, esp. one used for a specific purpose.

an organisation, administration etc. functioning independently without control by others; an autonomous body.

a man who undertakes, tends to undertake adventures; an adventurer.

tending to achieve; exerting oneself; striving for; bringing about.

forming a constituent part; constituent.

an ornamental metal (esp. of gold or silver) band or chain worn around the wrist; a bracelet.

an ornament or fetter worn round the ankle; an anklet.

the religious status of a woman whose husband is alive.

ಕಡಗ ಕಾಯು kaḍaga kāyu (fig.) to protect a married woman's auspicious status in the society, by protecting her husband.

= ಕಾಟ2 - 2.

a man who organises, brings in to being or makes (something) happen; an organiser.

a metal ornamental band or chain worn around the wrist; a bracelet.

a capital - a city or town that is the official seat of government of a state; b) an important city where a certain industry, activity, etc. is centred.

the slope of a mountain.

the land by the side of a mountain.

a group of people; a multitude.

an organised military force armed for fighting esp. on land; an army.

the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its land masses; a sea.

either of the two fleshy protuberances on the lower rear part of the human body; the posterior.

the state of being excessive; excessiveness; abundance.

a long pointed tooth, esp. protruding from a closed mouth, as in the elephant, walrus, etc.; a tusk.

an ornamental ring for the tusk of an elephant.

salt produced by evaporating sea water; sea-salt.

light, accompanied by heat, from the sun; sunlight.

the string of an archeṛs bow; a bow-string.

a large wasp, Vespa crabro, with a brown and yellow striped body, and capable of inflicting a severe sting; a hornet.

the capital city of erstwhile Orissa, a state in east India.

a circular frame or disc arranged to revolve on an axle and used to facilitate the motion of a vehicle or for various mechanical purposes; a wheel.

a kind of tree.

strong - a) governing or leading with firm authority; authoritarian; b) intense in degree or quality; not mild.

= ಕಾಟ1 (?).

a man who annoys, inflicts troubles; a harasser.

a groove made on wood or stone (as in sculpture).

= ಕಟಕು1.

the systematic and rhythmic pronunciation of the sounds of a percussion instrument used in Karnāṭaka music.

a sort of fish with gilt-head or golden coloured body.

a hand weapon having a long, sharp-pointed blade, with a sharp edge on one or both sides, set in a hilt; a broadsword.

any of large, heavy, thick-skinned, plant-eating, perissodactylous mammals of Rhinocerotidae family of tropical Africa and Asia, with one or two upright horns on the snout; a rhinoceros.

(myth.) one of the eight hells.

(rhet.) a poetry written in the shape of a sword.

(vīr.) a hymn in praise of Vīrabhadra, the promnient destroying power of Śiva.

ಖಡ್ಗ ಹೇಳು khaḍga hēḷu to praise Vīrabhadra, one of the chief attendants of Śiva, holding a sword in the hand.

= ಕಡಗ - 1 & 2.

any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers; a crab.

the zodiacal sign or constellation Cancer; the Crab.

a butcher; a man who - a) slaughters animals for food; b) who kills or has killed people indiscriminately or brutally; c) is merciless, ruthless.

ಕಟುಕರ ಅಂಗಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಸವಪುರಾಣ ಹೇಳಿದಹಾಗೆ kaṭukara aŋgaḍiyalli basava purāṇa hēḷida hāge a butcher never yields to peace counsel; ಕಟುಕರ ಮನೆಯ ಕುರಿಯ ಹಾಗೆ kaṭukara maneya kuriya hāge to be cherished to be immolated.

a piece or pieces of wood used as fuel.

a stick used as a support while walking; a walking stick; a cane.

a butcher - a) a person who slaughters animals for food; b) a person who kills or has killed people indiscriminately or brutally.