the part of the face between the eyebrows and the line where the hair normally begins; the forehead.

the share of a plough; a ploughshare.

a solemn declaration, made in the name of a god, that one would do or refrain from doing something or pledge oneself to something; a vow.

a field where some crop is raised.

(only as the first word in a compound) old.

= ಪಾಳು.

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 kind of good quality cloth.

any undesired, uncultivated plant, esp. one growing in profusion so as to crowd out a desired crop; a weed.

the second crop growing from the root after the crop is cut almost to the ground level.

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

a forest; jungle; woods.

a kind of wild plant.