prominent; principal; pre-eminent.

first; foremost.

excessive; surplus.

a tip - a) the pointed, tapering or rounded end or top of something long ; b) a top or apex, as of a mountain; c) something attached to the end, as a cap, ferrule, etc.

the front portion of anything.

a starting or commencing; beginning.

the outskirts of a city or town.

a song in praise.

a measure of food given as alms.

a multitude; a group of people; a gathering.

an old measure of weight.

that which is fixed before one's mind as an object to be attained; an aim; a goal.

the best of anything.

a Brāhmaṇa, a man belonging to the upper caste in Hindu society.

a plantain leaf the apex of which is in tact or that portion of the plantain leaf which has the tip unbroken;

ಅಗ್ರದೆಲೆ agradele a plantain leaf with unbroken tip.

a disease, esp. of infants, caused by a fungus (genus Candida) and characterised by the formation of milky-white lesions on the mouth, lips, and throat; parasitic stomatitis; thrush.

having no hand; handless.

exempt from tax.

without having to pay the tax.

a land or village granted by kings to Brāhmaṇas for sustenance.

a street or part of a town where (only) Brāhmaṇas live.

the hind portion of a ship.

the uncomfortable or distressful feeling caused by a desire or need for water and characterised generally by a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat; thirst.

(arch.) a kind of tax levied in olden days.

a source - a) that from which something comes into existence, develops or derives; b) any place or thing by which something is supplied; c) a person, book, document, etc. that provides information; d) the point or thing from which light rays, sound waves, etc. emanate.

that which houses or protects another; a support; prop.

an assemblage; a multitude.

a large excavation made in the earth, from which to extract metallic ores, coal, precious stones, salt or certain other minerals; a mine.

a group of houses in the country, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a city; a village.

a person, thing, circumstance or opportunity acting voluntarily or involuntarily as the agent that brings about an effect or result; a cause.

a means for living; an occupation for or source of, income.