1. ಕಳ್ಳ

    ♪ kaḷḷa
      noun
    1. a man who habitually steals or appropriates portable property etc. from another or others; a thief.
    2. a term of endearment used in case of mischievous male babies or young boys.
    3. ಕಳ್ಳಕಾಕರು kaḷḷa kākākaru (pl.) thieves and wicked people; ಕಳ್ಳ ಕಳ್ಳಗೆ ನೆಂಟುಹುಳಿ, ಮೆಣಸಿಗೆ ನೆಂಟು kaḷḷa kaḷḷage neṇṭu, huḷi meṇasige neṇṭu birds of same feather flock together; ಕಳ್ಳ ಪೂಜಾರಿಗೆ ಮೈಯೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಾಮ kaḷḷa pūjārige maiyellā nāma a make-believe wolf comes always in sheep's clothing; ಕಳ್ಳನ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಹುಳ್ಳಗೆ kaḷḷana manassu huḷḷage hewho commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it; ಕಳ್ಳನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಎಂದಿದ್ದರೂ ಮುಂಡೆ kaḷḷana heṇḍati endiddarū muṇḍe it is certain, the guilty will get his deserved punishment; no crime can remain undetected; ಕಳ್ಳನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಕಳ್ಳನೆ ಬಲ್ಲ kaḷḷana hejje klaḷḷane balla a thief knows the knavery of another thief; a thief knows a thief, as a wolf knows a wolf; ಕಳ್ಳನಿಗೆ ಸಂದುಕೊಟ್ಟು, ಒಡವೆಗೆ ಹುಯ್ಯಲಿಡು kaḷḷanige sandukoṭṭu, oḍavege huyyaliḍu host a thief, later cry over what is thieved; ಕಳ್ಳನಿಗೊಂದು ಪಿಳ್ಳೆ ನೆವ kaḷḷanigondu piḷḷe neva when not inclined to do something, a petty execuse is a sufficient reason; ತಾನು ಕಳ್ಳ ಪರರನ್ನು ನಂಬ tānu kaḷḷa, pararannu namba a thief thinks every other man steals; a cheat, doubts every one; ಕಳ್ಳರು ಕಳ್ಳರು ಸಂತೆ ಕೂಡಿದಹಾಗೆ kaḷḷaru kaḷḷaru sante kūḍida hāge it is an association of cheats who together cheat outsiders, besides cheating among themselves; ಕಳ್ಳ ಹೊಕ್ಕಮನೆಗೆ ಎಣ್ಣೆ ದಂಡ kaḷḷa hokka manege eṇṇe daṇḍa a mere formal investigation of a theft is a futile exercise (if things thieved cannot be recovered).

  2. ಕಳ್ಳ

    ♪ kaḷḷa
      noun
    1. a fradulent, deceitful transaction.

  3. ಕಳ್ಳ

    ♪ kaḷḷa
      noun
    1. the skin of the jack-fruit seed.

  4. ಕಳ್ಳ

    ♪ kaḷḷa
      noun
    1. (dial.) a small lever, in a gun, pressed back by the finger to activate the firing mechanism.

  5. ಕಳ್ಳ

    ♪ kaḷḷa
      noun
    1. = ಕಳ್ಳನ ಗಿಡ.

  6. ಕಳ್ಳ

    ♪ kaḷḷa
      noun
    1. (dial.) a swelling in the throat.
    2. (dial.) a sudden, involuntary contraction of the diaphragm when it begins to allow air into the lungs only to have the glottis suddenly close, producing an abrupt sound; a hiccup.

  7. ಕಳ

    ♪ kaḷa
      noun
    1. a floor made for thrashing grains; a thrashing floor.
    2. a wide area where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
    3. a place where game or games are played; a play-ground.
    4. a bed made for planting plants (esp. seedlings).

  8. ಕಳ

    ♪ kaḷa
      noun
    1. a man who habitually steals or is guilty of theft; a thief.

  9. ಕಳ

    ♪ kaḷa
      noun
    1. = ಕಳ್2.

  10. ಕಳ್

    ♪ kaḷ
      noun
    1. a quantity of thread or yarn wound in a coil; skein.

  11. ಕಳ್

    ♪ kaḷ
      noun
    1. the juice that circulates through a plant, esp. a woody plant, bearing water, food, etc. to the tissues; the plant sap.
    2. toddy - a) the sweet sap of various East Indian palms, used as a beverage b) an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting this sap.

  12. ಕಳ್

    ♪ kaḷ
      verb
    1. to commit or get by, theft; to take or appropriate (another's property, ideas, etc.) without permission, dishonestly or unlawfully, esp. in a secret or surreptitious manner; to steal; to thieve.
    2. ಕಳ್ವಾಳ್ kaḷvāḷa person who habitually steals or is guilty of theft; a thief.

  13. ಕಳ

    ♪ kaḷa
      noun
    1. a pleasing note or notes; a series of melodious sounds; sound that has musical quality.
    2. physical strength; bodily power.
    3. a man lacking the power of speech; a dumb man.
    4. the palm tree Borassum flabellifer (=B. flabelliformis) of Arecaceae family; palmyra palm.
    5. the tree Shorea talura (= S. robusta,= Vatica robusta) of Dipterocarpaceae family; bastard sal.
    6. gold.

  14. ಕಳ

    ♪ kaḷa
      noun
    1. a person guilty of or likely to commit great crimes; an evil or wicked person; a scoundrel; a villain.

  15. ಕಳ

    ♪ kaḷa
      adjective
    1. pleasing to hear; sounding sweet; melodious.

  16. ಕಳ

    ♪ kaḷa
      noun
    1. a man unable to speak, usu. because of a congenital defect or deafness; a dumb man.

  17. ಕಳ್

    ♪ kaḷ
      noun
    1. the act or an instance of stealing; theft.

  18. ಕಳ

    ♪ kaḷa
      noun
    1. (dial.) a pattern of squares often alternately coloured; chequer.

  19. ಕಾಳ್

    ♪ kāḷ
      noun
    1. a forest (only in comp.).
    2. that which is low, mean, base or inferior in quality.

  20. ಕಾಳ್

    ♪ kāḷ
      noun
    1. the colour of coal or pitch; black colour.