the large drape or hanging screen at the front of the stage, which is drawn up or aside to reveal the stage; a curtain.

a closely woven, heavy cloth on which a painting is made; canvas.

coloured cloth.

a way of doing, being done or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.; manner.

a practice so long established that it has the force of social or religious law; a custom.

the obligation a servant owes to his master.

the relation that exists between friends; friendship.

the quality or state of being equal; equality.

the extent, dimensions, capacity, etc. of anything, esp. as determined by a standard.

attractiveness; beauty.

the quality of being proper, fitting or suitable; fitness; propriety.

a thin sheet or layer; a membrane; a screen.

the under-shrub Plumbago zeylanica of Plumbaginaceae family; Ceylon lead wort.

a unit of measure (widely, half a seer).

a container that can hold this quantity.

the extent, dimensions, capacity, etc. of anything, esp. as determined by a standard; a measure.

a piece, as of metal, of a specific standard heaviness, used on a balance or scale in weighing; a weight.

a unit of land measure.

daily allowance given in the form of grain.

food offered to a deity or person.

grain, food given as alms.

a way or method in which something is done, happens or must be done; a manner.

the footrest in mounting and riding; a stirrup.

a rest for the foot in climbing, as a stair or the rung of a ladder; a step.

ಪಡಿ ಬೇಡು paḍi bēḍu to ask for alms (symbolically for religious purpose); ಪಡಿಯಕ್ಕಿ paḍiyakki a measure of rice equal to a ಪಡಿ; 2. rice given in lieu of money as daily allowance.

a kind of good quality cloth.

a flat piece of wood or similar material, often rectangular, for some special use; a board.

a thin piece of slate or slatelike material, used as a tablet for writing on with chalk.

a kind of net used by animal pouhers.

a area having hills and hillocks.

(mus.) name of a Hindūstāni mode.

(mus.) name of Karnāṭaka rāga (musical mode) derived from the main mode Mayāmāḷavagauḷa.

that which is equal, similar.

the quality of resembling or being equal; resemblance; likeness; equality.

that which is or can be used as an alternative to; that with which something can be replaced perfectly or almost perfectly.

a thing made just like another; imitation of an original; full reproduction or transcription; a copy; a replica; a fascimile.

the movable structure fixed to the door-frame, window-frame, etc., usu. with hinges, for opening and closing entrance to a building, room, etc.; a door.

the from of the door.

a place for entering; door, gate, etc.; an entrance.

a long, narrow cleft or crack in a rock or between two rocks.

a piece of stone that is flat, broad and fairly thick; a slab of stone.

a depression in the ground where water may get stagnated.

a way of doing, being done or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.; manner.

a practice so long established that it has the force of social or religious law; a custom.

the obligation a servant owes to his master.

the relation that exists between friends; friendship.

the quality or state of being equal; edquality.

the extent, dimensions, capacity, etc. of anything, esp. as determined by a standard.

attractiveness; beauty.

the quality of being proper, fitting or suitable; fitness; propriety.

a thin sheet or layer; a membrane; a screen.

a village, town.

a region or district.

a shed or building where cattle are sheltered and fed; a cow-shed.

a row of houses.

an army or a division of an army.

a temporary place where a military force has stayed or to be stayed; an army camp.

a group of attendants or servants.

a soldier.

a place enclosed by a wall, fence, etc.

an extension in town or city.

a narrow band; a strip.

a piece of cloth, paper, metal, wood, etc. having more length than the width, used for decorative purpose.

an ornamental, metal (usu. of silver or gold) band worn by women round their waist.

a betal leaf with arecanut, scented lime, etc. prepared for chewing.

a fold of betal leaves with arecanut placed inside, used to give along with coconut on occasions as marriage, etc.

a fragmented land.

amount collected from various people for a cause.

a fixed payment at regular intervals for services; salary.

a series of names, words, numbers, etc. set forth in order; a list.

a strip of (sterlised) cloth used for dressing an injured part of the body.

a tax to be paid to the government.

a chit containing the details of principal amount, interest, and other charges to be paid.

the outer, circular part of a wheel; the rim.

a legal, written document transferring one's property as a gift to another; a gift-deed.

the fine, soft, shiny fiber produced by silkworms to form their cocoons.

a silk fabric; silk-cloth.

the condition of the head being bald; baldness.

a singing.

the act or practice of a person who reads; perusal, as of books; reading.

a frequent or usual action; the result of practice; habit; usage.

the plant Clypea hernandifolia.

a crop (as sugarcane, sorghum) that has grown to its full height.

= ಪಡವು3.

a piece of fabric; cloth.

a cloth of superior quality.

a piece of cloth used as a screen, cover; a veil.

a specially prepared piece of canvas for painting on.

a kind of black cloth used to write on.

a sheet of paper, cloth on which a map, sketch, drawing is written.

a picture or portrait painted (on a canvas).

an extent of the canvas or other strong material by which a vessel is propelled forward through water; a sail.

a light frame covered with some thin material as paper or cloth, with a tail to balance, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string; a kite.

the tree Buchanania latifolia ( = B. lanzan) of Anacardiaceae family.

that which is done well.

a banner; a flag.

ಪಟದ ಕುಣಿತ paṭada kuṇita a kind of folk dance, performed holding a tall bamboos about which silk cloths of different colours are wound; ಪಟದ ಹಬ್ಬ paṭada habba a festival observed in Āṣāḍa, the fourth month in Hindu lunar calender; ಪಟದ ಹುಳು paṭada huḷu a kind of worm that eats up clothes; ಪಟವಾಡಿಸು paṭavāḍisu to fly kites; 2. (fig.) to make another act as per one's wishes.