a labour extracted by force without compensation.

(gen.) physical exertion; work; toil; labour.

a giving or getting something without a compensation in return.

the quality of being useless or worthless.

(hist.) a kind of tax.

a crescent-shaped decorative mark women draw on either outer corner of their eyes.

a woven fabric; a piece of cloth.

(fig.) the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow; menses.

= ಬಟ್ಟು.

an unmarried, brāhmaṇa boy, esp. a student.

= ಬಟ್ಟು.

(in comp.) round, spherical.

circular.

(in comp.) empty; void.

a man employed in royal courts to herald the titles of a king.

a man who praises another insincerely, with an intention to get an advantage.

a learned man; a scholar.

a man whose profession is worshipping a god in a temple or conducting religious rites.

a man whose profession is cooking; a cook.

the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen; the belly.

the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls in the abdominal region; abdominal hernia.