any of a family Bostrychiadae (order Coleopotera) of insects, that eat away or pulverises the wood and wood articles and renders them strengthless; powder post beetle.

any of the features that make something what it is; a distinctive attribute or faculty; a characteristic trait.

basic nature; character; kind.

the degree of excellence which a thing possesses.

any of the qualities as excellence, superiority, magnanimity, wisdom, etc.

any of the three classes of fundamental qualities (that are characterised as - a) virtue, merit, excellence, b) dynamism, vigour, and c) ignorance, wickedness, excessive selfishness).

a single thread or string.

the string of a bow.

the string of a musical instrument.

the subject of the five sense organs of the body (ear, skin, eye, tongue and nose).

the intrinsic value.

the fact of being healing or being healed; restoration to health or a sound condition.

any of the spicy dishes used as a side dish along with the main one.

the quality that makes an eatable acceptable or rejective.

the quantity obtained by multiplying two quantities together; (so many fold, times, etc.).

a numerical or alphabetical award denoting excellence, conduct, proficiency, etc.; a mark.

a symbol for the number three.

17 (Math.) the process of finding the number or quantity (product) obtained by repeated additions of a specified number or quantity (multiplicand) a specified number of times (multiplier); multiplication.

(gram.) any of the three vowels, ಅ,ಏ, ಓ that is of secondary or subordinate gradation.

(gram) a kind of euphonic combination(as ಇ or ಈ following ಅ or ಆ resulting in the vowel sound ಏ).

(rhet.) the quality that inspires, sublimates the sentiment or sentiments of a literary work or adds elegance to it.

any of the eight types of mystical or yogic accomplishments.

proper course of action in politics; political wisdom.

(astrol.) a point allotted to each of the aspects in the horoscopes of the bride and groom, based on the total or tally of which the future of their marriage is predicted.

a man who prepares food; a cook.

ಗುಣಕಱುಗೊೞ್ guṇakaṛugoḷ to be loved.

the act of holding, seizing or capturing.

a large number of persons or things, esp. when gathered together or considered as a unit; a multitude; a flock.

(vīr.) a mendicant, who keeps moving from place to place.

a group of attendants of Śiva, (as a class).

a unit of an army with twentyseven chariots, twenty seven elephants, eighty one horses, and one hundred thirty five foot-soldiers.

any of the minor or demi-gods.

a number of people or things grouped together because of certain likenesses or common traits; a category; a class.

(pros.) a metrical foot, with definite number of syllables.

the plant Trachyspermum ammi ( = Carum cpiticum) of Apiaceae family; Bishop's weed.

its seed.

(astrol.) any of the three classes in to which human beings are classified based on their birth-stars, on which the matchability of the bride and groom is derived.

(biol.) a scientific classification of a group of related plants or animals ranking above a family and below a class; an order.

(math.) a collection of distinct entities, individually specified or satisfying specified conditions, forming a unit; a set.

a press or mill used to extract juice from sugarcane or oil from oil seeds.

ಗಾಣದ ಎತ್ತು gāṇada ettu an ox used to turn the heavy pestle of an oil mill; a miller's ox; 2. (fig.) a person engaged in a work that is hard, menial or tiresome; a workhorse; ಎಣ್ಣೆ ಬರುವಾಗ ಗಾಣ ಮುರೀತು eṇṇe baruvāga gāṇa murītu (prov.) misfortune times for itself when hard work is about to bring the fruit; ಗಾಣದೆತ್ತಿಗೆ ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ ಏಕೆ? ಗೋಣಿಗೆ ಗವಸಣಿಗೆ ಏಕೆ? gāṇadettige gejje ēke? gōṇige gavasṇige ēke? (prov.) a menial never needs a white collar coat.

the act or an instance of singing.

that which is sung; a song.

a man who sings; a singer.

(dial.) a depositing of a valuable item as security for performance of a contract or payment of a loan; pledge.

= ಕಾಣು.

a piece of cloth for making a blouse; a blouse-piece.

the normal coarse food of horse, cattle or sheep (as grass, hay, grains etc.); fodder.

(now obs.) a tax levied on fodder.

food in gen.

an indiclinable denoting ' you know!' (while addressing men).

the organ of vision; the eye.

a look; glance; gaze.

a thing like an eye in appearance or function as - a) a bud of a tuber, as a potato; b) the spot on a peacock's tail feather; c) the threading hole in a needle; d) a hole in a tool for fixing a handle; e) a mark spot on the surface of a die; f) the hole or space left open in a net; g) a hole; a cavity; an eyelet.

(fig.) the important, attractive and vital part of anything.

the excellent, superior thing in the class or group.

(fig.) compassionate feeling or treatment; kindness; mercy.

the central portion of any percussion instrument, where it is played with fingers; the black dough pasted on there;

ಕಣ್ಗೆವರ್ kaṇgevar to be seen; 2. to be attractive; to be eye-catching; ಕಣ್ಣನೀರ್ kaṇṇa nīr = ಕಣ್ಣೀರು - 1; ಕಣ್ಣಪಾಪೆ kaṇṇa pāpe the pupil of the eye.

a floor made for thrashing grains.

a battle-field.

a play ground.

a ground made ready for planting seeds or seedlings.

a curved piece of wire or bone with a barbed end, for catching fish; a fish-hook.

(fig.) a person or device that is deadly.

coarse food for cattle, horses, sheep, etc., as cornstalks, hay, and straw; fodder.

a tax levied on cattle-feed (now obs.).

a floor prepared for beating out grains from the harvested crop; a thrashing floor.

(hist.) a tax used to be levied on such floors.

an area prepared for wrestlers to fight, usu. surrounded by seats for spectators; an arena.

a sliding box in a table, chest, etc., that can be drawn out and then pushed back into place, used to keep small things; a drawer.

a piece of cloth for making blouse; a blouse-piece.

a man with one eye; a monocular man.

a man deprived of sight; a blind man.

a perforated or broken thing.

the glossy black bird of moderate size; crow.

a broken piece of a grain.

a particle - a) an extremely small piece; tiny fragment; b) the slightest trace (as of truth, doubt); a speck.

a glowing bit of matter, esp. one thrown off by a fire.

(usu. used in dupl.) the imitative sound of ringing bells.