the solid, yellowish, edible fat that results from churning cream or whole milk; butter.

anything that is very soft, usu. white in colour.

ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ ಚಾವಡಿ beṇṇe cāvaḍi one of the eighteen offices in the erstwhile Maisuru government, that would be in charge of dairy produts, caring of livestock, etc.; ಒಂದು ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ, ಒಂದು ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಸುಣ್ಣ ondu kaṇṇige beṇṇe, ondu kiaṇṇige suṇṇa to show undue partiality to or favour someone unduly, at the cost of another; to make fish of one and flesh of another; ಬೆಣ್ಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂದಲು ತೆಗೆ beṇṇeyalli kūdalu tege to solve the problems very easily, without hurting the people involved; 2. to do (anything) very smoothly; 3. to talk in a very smooth, intimate and plausible manner; ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ ಹಚ್ಚು beṇṇe haccu to persuade by flattery or bribery; to cajole.

a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; a forest.

a garden, grove orchard or pleasure garden.

ಬನದಬ್ಬೆ banadabbe = ಬನಶಂಕರಿ; ಬನದ ಊಟ banada ūṭa a dining in a forest, garden or grove while on a pleasure trip, excursion; ಬನದಂಬಿಕೆ banadambike = ಬನಶಂಕರಿ; ಬನದ ಶಂಕರಿ banada śankari = ಬನಶಂಕರಿ; ಬನದ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ banada huṇṇime the full moonday in Puṣya, the tenth month of Hindu lunar calendar; 2. a festival observed on this day.

= ಬಾನು3.

the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features; essence; substance.

stickiness or adhiesiveness of viscous liquids, slimy substances (as milk, curds, dough, etc.).

brilliant or gorgeous appearance, colouring, etc.; magnificence; splendour.

(hist.) a kind of tax.

wages paid to the farm workers in the form of farm produce.

an extent of land, by the side of a piece of agricultural field, that has small trees, shrubs, etc.

a slender shaft pointed at one end and feathered at the other, shot from a bow at the target; a shaft-missile; an arrow.

noise; sound.

fire.

a kind of Barleria plant that bears blue flower.

the cylindrical part of a Linga, the symbol of Śiva.

(myth.) name of a daemon.

any grass.

name of a celebrated Samskřta poet who wrote Kādambari and Harṣacarita.

a kind of fire-cracker (as a flower-pot).

a kind of cloth.

(math.) a symbol for the number five.

(pros.) a kind of meter having twelve syllables in each line.

a long, narrow, open container of wood, stone, metal etc. for holding water for animals.

an old unit of measure.

a narrow, long wooden plate fixed horizontally in a boat for passengers to sit on.

a container, usu. of clay, plastic, etc. to grow plants.

a device made of leather, for drawing water from a well, using an ox or a pair of oxen.

the faculty, power or act of speaking; speech.

Sarasvati, the Goddess of speech and knowledge.

a sound.

= ಬಾಣ1.