a slender, string-like piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usu. circular in section, of different diameters; a wire.

a slender cord of wire stretched on a musical instrument and bowed, plucked or struck to make a musical sound; a string.

a message transmitted by telegraph; telegram.

= ದಾಂತತೆ.

an enduring of religious austerities.

a tusked elephant (but in gen. any elephant).

the plant Croton tigilium of Euphorbiaceae family.

its seed which is used as a purgative.

the plant Baliospermum montanum (= B. axillare, = Croton polyandrus of the same family.

the plant Datura stramonium of Solanaceae family.

the plant Anthericum tuberosum (= Chlorophytum tuberosum) of Liliaceae family.

(math.) a symbol for the number eight.

one's male parent; a man in relation to his child or children.

a reverential term used in addressing a deity or elderly man.

a term of endearment used in addressing a boy or young man.

a honorific suffix to one's name.

tired; fatigued.

not working; not busy; inactive; idle.

withered; languished; not having freshness.

a word that ends with the sound 'ತ'.

the sensation of itching.

an uneasy or restless desire or longing (as for doing something, talking, scolding, mischief-making or having sexual union, etc.).

annoyance; mischief; trouble.

an inevitable requirement; necessity.

= ತಿಂತಿ.

= ತೀಟೆ.

the lower front part of the human body between the chest and thighs; the abdomen; the belly.

a protruding belly; pot-belly.