noun
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extreme scarcity of food prevailing in a country for a considerable time; famine.
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the condition or quality of being scarce; scarcity.
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ದುರ್ಭಿಕ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಧಿಕಮಾಸ durbhikṣadalli adhika māsa (prov.) a condition of one difficulty being aggravated by the addition of another.