to turn back from a straight line; to bend.

to bow the upper part of the body in respect, worship or greeting.

to fall at once losing strength; to collapse.

to stumble or falter while walking or running.

to be spoiled and become useless.

to attack; to fall upon.

to put up a fight;to quarrel.

to come to an end; to be over.

(a plant, leaf, flower, etc.) to dry up from heat; to wither; to shrivel.

(rightly, ಮಾಘ) the coldest season (usu. the last two months of Hindu lunar calendar); the winter season.

Māgha, the eleventh month in the Hindu lunar calendar year.

an elaborate celeboration in which oblations are given to a deity or several deities to propitiate them; a religious sacrifice.

(rightly, ಮುಖ) the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin; the face.

the mouth.

the point toward which something faces; direction.

the place or position directly before a person or thing; front.

confidence in oneself, one's own abilities, etc.; self-confidence.

the act or an instance of beginning; commencement.

the front portion of anything.

a boy or man as he is related to either or both of his parents; a son.

a term of endearment used by elders in addressing boys.

= ಮಘೆ.

name of an island;(?).

name of a country(?).

a particular medicinal substance(?).

a kind of flower (?).

a gift; a reward.

riches; wealth.

delight; joy; pleasure.

= ಮಾಗ - 2.

the tree Garcinia morella of Guttiferae family; Mysore gamboge.

an infant; a baby; a child.

ಮಕ್ಕಳತಾಯಿ makkaḷa tāyi the scandent, thorny shrub Asparagus racemosus of Liliaceae family; wild carrot; climbing asparagus; ಮಕ್ಕಳಾಟ makkaḷāṭa any very simple task; 2. trivial, frivolous behaviour; ಮಕ್ಕಳಾಟಿಕೆ makkaḷāṭike = ಮಕ್ಕಳಾಟ; 2. any article for children to play with; 3. a thing of little value or importance; ಮಕ್ಕಳುಮರಿ makkaḷu mari very young children in gen.; ಮಕ್ಕಳೊಂದಿಗ makkaḷondiga a man having many children; ಮಕ್ಕಳೊಂದಿಗಳು makkaḷondigaḷu = ಮಕ್ಕಳೊಂದಿಗಿತ್ತಿ; ಮಕ್ಕಳೊಂದಿಗಿತ್ತಿ makkaḷondigitti a woman having many children.

= ಮಕ್ಷಿ.

a variable, multiple star, the brightest one in the constellation Leo, with a magnitude of 1.3; Regulus.

the rain that comes during the period in which the moon is associated with this star.

name of a festival.

= ಮಾಗ -1.

an earthen vessel used to scoop up or out water.

= ಮಘೆ.

a not-so-fertile irrigated land, where paddy is grown.

the fig tree Ficus tjakela ( = F. venosa) of Moraceae family.

= ಮಕ್ಕಿ1.

a variable, multiple star, the brightest one in the constellation Leo, with a magnitude of 1.3; Regulus.

the black thing formed at the burning tip of a wick.

= ಮಕ್ಕಿ1.