the distance between the tips of the extended thumb and little finger, a unit of linear measure equal to nine inches; a span.

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

the quality, state or fact of being deficient; (the amount of) a shortfall; something lacking, a defect; deficiency.

= ಗೇಣು.

(in weaving) the thread running lengthwise in the loom and crossed by the weft or woof; a warp.

feeling of resentful or discontented longing aroused by another person's better fortune, situation, etc; envy; jealousy.

extreme or passionate displeasure; anger; wrath.

the quality of being culpably or inordinately desirous of gaining wealth or possessions; greediness; covetousness.

the action of thinking; attentive consideration, reflection, meditation; cogitation.

shyness; undue modesty.

lack of braveness; fear.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

= ಕಾಣು.

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.

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

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

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