noun
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an extent of level land; plain.
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the inner surface of the hand between the fingers and wrist; the palm of the land.
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the bottom surface of the foot; the sole.
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the lowest part (of anything).
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the lowest or last place or position.
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the quality or condition of being deep; deepness.
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profundity of thought.
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a piece of land the surface of which is depressed below the surface of land surrounding it; a hollow; depression.
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(gen.) a piece of land; ground.
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the palmyra tree Borassus flabellifer (= B. flabelliformis) of Arecaceae family; palmyra palm.
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a leather guard for the hands used by archers.
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the essential character or quality that makes something what it is; essence.
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the handle of a sword or dagger.
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the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist; the forearm.
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the pressing of the strings of a v īṇe, the Indian lute, while playing on.
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an extensive track of land covered by natural and thick growth of trees, under-bushes, etc.; a forest.
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(myth.) one of the seven regions below the earth.
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that part of the agricultural produce which a tenant has to give to the landlord as lease-rent.
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the distance between the tips of the thumb and the little finger, when stretched apart (used as an approx. unit of linear measurement).
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the part of the body on which one rests while sitting vertically straight.
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(gen.) a place, locality or region.
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one's native town, village.
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(fig.) skill in using one's hand; dexterity.
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all that part of a building on the same floor; a storey.