the mature female of a bovine animal, of the genus Bos; a cow.

a cow that has just calved.

the wish-yielding celestial cow.

a female elephant.

a cow or something in lieu of it, donated to a brāhmaṇa.

land; field.

a long, hand-held, weapon with a sharp-pointed blade and a handle at one end; a sword.

a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food; honey.

the nest or hive of bees.

any bee that collects and stores honey, esp. Apis mellifera; honey-bee.

farm animals collectively; cattle; livestock.

any one of them.

an amount of worldly possessions, esp. money or valued property; wealth.

ದನದ ಮೈಲಿ dadnada maili a contagious disease affecting the udders of cattle, the virus contained in which is used to inoculated to people immunising against smallpox;

ದನ ಕಾಯಿ dana kāyi to take the cattle out for grazing; 2. (used scornfully) 'you are good for nothing' or 'do something that does not require the brain.

= ತಾಣ.

standard pieces of gold, silver, copper, nickel, etc., stamped by government authority and used as a medium of exchange and measure of value; money.

riches; wealth.

the livestock, considered as wealth.

(Astrol.) the second house from one's birth house in the zodiac.

(math.) a plus sign; '+' 6) (astrol.) the remainder got when the area of a building site is multiplied by 2/3, which is used to foretell the luckiness or otherwise of the dwellers of the building to be constructed thereon.

base form of the pronoun (corresponding to he, she, it in English) used in reflexive or reciprocal sense

ತಾನು ಮಾಡುವುದು ಉತ್ತಮ, ಮಗ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಮಧ್ಯಮ, ಆಳುಮಾಡುವುದು ಹಾಳು tānu māḍuvudu uttama, maga māḍuvudu madhyama,āḷu māḍuvudu hāḷu (prov.) self-done is well done; ತಾನು ಹಿಡಿದ ಮೊಲಕ್ಕೆ ಮೂರು ಕೊಂಬು tānu hiḍida molakke mūru kombu (prov.) all that one does must be right; all that he says is law; ತಾನೂ ತಿನ್ನ, ಬೇರೆಯವರಿಗೂ ಕೊಡ tānū tinna, bēreyavarigū koḍa (prov.) he neither enjoys, nor does he allow others enjoy.

a thread, fibre.

the elaboration of a mode of music (rāga) in an organised and gradual manner.

(fig.) a monotonous, tiresome speech.

the act of donating, gifting.

that which is so given.

a giving of bribery, as one of the four expedients used to weaken or defeat one's enemy.

the liquid exuded from the temples of an elephant in sexual excitement.

= ತಾನ್.

to be without involving any other person; to be alone.

to grow or develop fully (as a harvested fruit).

to become plentiful, excessive; to become more or increase (oneself) in number, effect or influence.

to be or become pleasant and comfortable.

that is cool or cold.

set apart or divided from the rest or others; performed alone; not joined, united or connected.

fully grown or developed.

that is more than normal; being to much or too great.

agreeable; pleasing; pleasant; comfortable.

new; fresh; recently made, grown or found.

free from any adulterant; pure.

the state of being alone or aloof; singleness.

the quality that pleases the senses; beauty.

an oblation offered (to a deity to pacify).

a burden - that which is carried; a load.

that which is borne with difficulty of obligation or onerous responsibility; that which is big, large or stout; stoutness.

the quality or condition of being excess; excessiveness.

that which is completely filled (with).

greatness in quality; noble or lofty character.

that which is hard and strong.

that which requires great effort or energy.

a strong, powerful man.

boiled rice that has become cold.

boiled rice made the previous day.

water.

the condition of having temperature below normal; coldness; chilliness.

a place affording protection, as from the elements or danger; a shelter.

the main city in a district in which all or most of the administrative offices are located.

a division of an army guarding a strategic place, town, city, etc.

the quarters assigned to a troop or troops.

the local office of the police force in a town; a police station.

the office of local administration.

the toll-gate at the entrance of a town.

(said of animals) the condition, quality or period of being pregnant; pregnancy.

(gen.) a cow having an offspring developing within.

the yellow, principal substance of an egg, as distinguished from the albumen or white; the yolk; vitellus.

ತನೆಯಾಗು taneyāgu (a female animal) to have an offspring developing in the uterus.