any of the vowels in Kannaḍa system of alphabets, excepting the first two ಅ and ಆ.

(arch.) a kind of tax.

the ninth day of a lunar fortnight.

causing to bend; bending; turning.

name of the twenty first Jaina religious teacher.

to lean on.

to depend on; to rely on (for support).

to be set or fixed firmly; to be embedded.

to make inroads; to surround from all or almost all sides; to attack.

to provide assistance, support or protection.

a religious celebration; a festival.

a word or a combination of words by which a person, place or thing, a body or class or any object of thought is designated, called or known; name.

any of various sectarian marks worn (usu.) on the forehead.

a kind of white powder used to put a vertical sectarian mark on the forehead.

= ನಾಮಕಲ್ಪನೆ.

(gram.) any of a class of words naming or donoting a person, thing, place, action, quality, etc.; a noun.

the root form of a noun; the nounal root.

the act of cheating or a being cheated; an instance of this.

ನಾಮದ ಉಂಡೆ nāmada uṇḍe = ನಾಮದ ಗೆಡ್ಡೆ; ನಾಮದ ಕೋಳಿ nāmada kōḷi a variety of fowl that has a vertical mark on its forehead; ನಾಮದ ಗೆಡ್ಡೆ nāmada geḍḍe a lump of certain kind of white powder used to put a vertical sectarian mark on the forehead; ನಾಮ ಹಾಕು nāma hāku to cheat; to deceive; to defraud.

a cattle disease caused by a kind of slender worm.

good reputation; fame; renown.