to remove or divide into parts with a sharp-edged instrument; to cut; to sever.

(a woman) to get her head shaved, following the death of her husband.

(a widow) to cover her head with the upper part of (her) saree (a garment worn by Indian women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder).

(fig.) to destroy; to demolish; to ruin.

(fig.) to pay an amount of money (unwillingly, as a fine, punishment, etc.).

the act of shaving the head.

the top covering of a house, esp. the one made of cement concrete.

= ಮಚ್ಚೆ1.

the purity or extent of purity of precious metals as gold, silver, etc.

a kind of black stone formerly used to test the purity of gold or silver by the streak left on it when it was rubbed with the metal; a touchstone.

any of three classes of coldblooded vertebrate animals living in water and having permanent gills for breathing, fins; a fish.

the shape of a fish.

any of a genus (Musca) of disease-carrying muscid flies found in and around houses, and feeding on garbage, manure, and food, esp., a common worldwide species (Musa domestica); a house fly.

to love; to have warm affection for.

to be liked; to get fondness from.

(a god, a holy man, etc.) to favour; to be gracious to.

to consent to; to agree with.

to praise; to applaud; to commend.

love; affection; fondness.

that which is loved, liked.

a gift of love or given out of pleasure.

consent; approval.

praise; compliment; applaud; commendation.

the state of being decorated ornamented.

a short, heavy, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge, used to cut plants, branches of trees, etc.

the act, practice or an instance of deceiving; deception.

a small quantity of ash, infused with magical power of keeping another or others spellbound, submissive etc.

= ಮಚ್ಚ2.

= ಮಚ್ಚಿ.

a small, congenital spot on the human skin, usu. dark-coloured; a mole.

= ಮಚ್ಚ2.

a kind of footwear the front portion of which is bent backward about the toes.

a close-fitting covering, usu. knitted, for the foot and leg up to the knee; stocking.

the plant Solanum indicum of Solanaceae family; brinjal plant.

its fruit; wild brinjal.

the plant Artemisia indica of Asteraceae family.

another plant Artemisia maderaspatana ( = Grangea maderaspatana) of the same family.

name of various other plants as Quercus incana, Q. lusitanica ( = Q. infectoria), Q. robur, etc. of Fagaceae family.

a fruit of any of these plants.

= ಮಾಜು1.

an attendant or messenger; a peon.

to be or serve as a covering for; to extend or spread over; to cover.

to place something over or upon, as for protection, concealment or warmth; to cover.

to conceal by hiding or screening; to cover.

to keep from the knowledge of others; to keep secret.

to close (the eyelids, a door, window, one's mouth, etc.).

to fill (a hole, cavity, breach, crack, etc.) with something.