a small, supple, soft-furred, domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus of Felidae family, bred in a number of varieties; a cat.

ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಉಚ್ಚೆ ಗಿಡ bekkina ucce giḍa the plant Lantana camara (var. aculeata) of Verbenaceae family; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿಗೆ ಜ್ವರ ಬರುವ ಮಾತು bekkige jvara baruva mātu = (correctly) ಬೆಂಕಿಗೆ ಜ್ವರ ಬರುವ ಮಾತು (see under ಬೆಂಕಿ); ಬೆಕ್ಕು ಕಣ್ಮುಚ್ಚಿಕೊಂಡು ಹಾಲು ಕುಡಿದಂತೆ bekku kaṇmuccikoṇḍu hālu kuḍidante a simile to express that the doer of wrong things does not know that others are watching him or her; 'you dance in a net and think that no body sees you'; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಕಿಂಡಿ bekkina kiṇḍi (rightly, beḷakina kiṇḍi) an opening in the wall for light; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿಗೆ ಗಂಟೆ ಕಟ್ಟು bekkige gaṇṭe kaṭṭu to attempt at a dangerous undertaking for the welfare of others; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ bekkina hejje a walking without making any sound; a stealthy walk; 2. the plant Ipomoea cairica ( = I. palmata) of Convolvulaceae family; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿಗೆ ಚೆಲ್ಲಾಟ, ಇಲಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಣ ಸಂಕಟ bekkige cellāṭa, ilige prāṇa sankaṭa the pleasures of the might are the tears of the poor; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ತರುಡಿನ ಗಿಡ bekkina taruḍina giḍa the plant Crotalaria calycina of Papilionaceae family; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ bekkina hejje baḷḷi the plant Boerhaavia chinensis ( = B. repanda) of Nyctaginaceae family; ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ತಲೆ ಗಿಡ bekkina tale giḍa the plant Sida veronicaefolia of Malvaceae family.

a male baby.

a male child from birth to the age of physical maturity; a lad; a boy.

a stupid fellow.

a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; a part.

the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group; a share.

a person's share in or contribution to some action; duty, function or office.

the point toward which something faces or the line along which something moves or lies; a direction.

an administrative division consisting of several villages or towns.

good luck; fortune.

any of the four equal parts of something; a fourth; a quarter.

an opportunity or chance.

(math.) the term above the line in a fraction; the numerator.

the result obtained when one number is divided by another; the quotient.

a unit of measure for angles or arcs, one 360th part of the circumference of a circle; a degree.

(astron.) one 30th part of any of the twelve divisions of a zodiac; a degree.

(in composition only) a man who greedily eats too much; a glutton.

any of several white herons of Ardeidae family, that have long, slender legs, graceful plumes, etc.; an egret.

a deceitful person.

the plant Agati grandiflora of Leguminosae family.

a vessel, commonly a glass bulb with a long neck bent downward, used for distilling or decomposing substances by heat; a retort.

an airtight, usu. cylindrical vessel of fire clay or iron, used in the destructive distillation chiefly of coal and wood in the manufacture of illuminating gas; a retort.

(rightly, ಭಾಗ) a part, portion of a whole.

a garden, pleasure grove or farming estate.

the sun.

name of one of the twelveādityas, a class of gods.

the gaining of wealth, fame, rank, etc.; success.

the external genitals of a woman; vulva.

the effects of one's deeds in the past lives, affecting during the present life.

good luck; fortune.

the state of having much money or property; affluence; wealth.

prosperous condition; prosperty.

the quality of being worthy of esteem or honour; worthiness; dignity.

the state or quality of being superior, eminent; superiority; eminence; excellence.

the state or quality of being strong; force; power; vigoir.

an earnest attempt or effort; an endeavour.

brightness: brilliancy; splendor; effulgence; refulgence.

tender, warm feeling; affection; love.

freedom from evil, sin or currupting elements; purity; unsulliedness.

knowledge.

moral uprightness; righteousness; virtuousness.

the quality or sate of being not influenced by personal interest, selfish motives, sensual enjoyments, worldly possessions, etc.

a man who has subdued his passions; a sage.

the final emancipation of the soul from the cycle of births and deaths; Beautitude.

the act of meditating; deep, continued thought esp. on a religious object; meditation.

the time that is to come and what will happen; the future.

a god; a deity.

the nocturnal, carnivorous cat, Felis bengalensis (= Prionailurus bengalensis) resembling a leopard but smaller in size; the leopard-cat.

the small, xerophytic tree Gardenia gummifera of Rubiaceae family.

to cause to split (vertically).

to cause to dig.

a light, four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage; buggy.

to employ one's mind rationally and objectively in evaluating or dealing with a given situation; to think.

to taken into consideration; to consider.

to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; to comprehend.

to grasp the significance, implications or importance of.

to wish or long for; to desire.

the product of mental activity; that which one thinks; a thought.

a judgement, opinion or belief.

(in human beings) the element, part, substance or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.; the mind.

a way or manner in which a thing is done or to be done, etc.

a longing; a wish or desire.

that which is imagined; imagination.

a scheme, plan or strategy for achieving something.

a means of subsistence.

ಪಿಂಡಕ್ಕೆ ಬಗೆಯಿಲ್ಲದವ ದಂಡ ಏನು ಕೊಟ್ಟಾನು? piṇḍakke bageyilladava daṇḍa ēnu koṭṭānu? (prov.) what can be expected of a man who does not have slice of bread for himself.

the side portion of the body from the armpit to the waist.

the act of splitting (vertically); an instance of this.

a piece or part separated by or as by splitting.

a long, deep, narrow opening; a rift.

something swollen; an abnormally swollen part of the body; swelling.

a sore, usu. infected spot on the body, as an ulcer, boil, blister, etc.

to split vertically.

to remove the material from the surface by or as by scratching with fingers or claws.

to make space in between, by pushing two things apart.

to remove soil with or as with a spade, shovel, etc. as to make a hollow, pit, etc.; to dig.

(fig.) to destroy completely.

what is left after part is taken away, paid back or done; the portion remaining unpaid, unattended, undone, etc.

ಬಾಕಿ ಉಳಿಸು bāki uḷisu to keep a job pending; 2. to hold full amount or a part of it from paying; ಬಾಕಿ ತೀರು bāki tīru (the balance amount to be returned, repaid) to be paid fully; ಬಾಕಿ ಮಾತು bāki mātu a matter not concerning the one to be discussed or being discussed; ಬಾಕಿಯಿರಿಸು bākiyirisu = ಬಾಕಿ ಉಳಿಸು.

left unpaid, unattended, undone, etc.; remaining.