one who keeps company with another; a companion.

= ತದಕು3.

= ದತ್ತ2 - 2.

2.the process or fact of legally adopting a boy of another family, into one's own family and raise as one's own son; adoption.

ದತ್ತಕ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು dattaka tegedukoḷḷu = ದತ್ತಕ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳು; ದತ್ತಕ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳು dattaka māḍikoḷḷu to adopt a boy or man as one's own; ದತ್ತಕ ಹೋಗು dattaka hōgu to be adopted as a son.

the act of hitting, blowing or striking with or as with the first or a weapon.

the tree Boswellia serata (= B. thurifera) of Burseraceae family; Indian olibanum tree.

its fruit.

= ತದಕು2.

= ತದಕು3.

the third day of the lunar fortnight.

= ತದಕು1.

= ತದಕು3.

to give food to; to feed.

a person who spends all his earnings without foresight.

the disposition or habit of such a person.

a man connected with another or others by blood, marriage, etc.; a relative.

a person employed to perform services, esp. household duties, for another.

a man who guards, protects or takes care of another person; a custodian; a servant.

= ತೊತ್ತು - 2.

to employ, keep a person as a slave.

to work as a slave.

= ದಾತಾರ1 - 2.

made of, mixed with curd.

a kind of dish made of curd.

a female servant appointed for carrying out one's personal, domestic, domestic or menial work; a maid-servant.

= ದೂತಿ.