an act, action, process; a thing to be done.

that which chiefly engages one's time; (one's) trade, profession or business; an occupation.

a work of art.

service - a) work done for a master or feudal lord; b) work done or duty performed for another or others.

the quality that makes a thing useful or suitable for a given purpose; a use.

the work or profession of a barber.

ಕೆಲಸ(ವನ್ನು) ಕದಿ kelasa(vannu) kadi to avoid one's duty; to rest on one's oars; ಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕೆ ಬರು kelasakke baru to come to work; 2. to be useful; to serve a purpose; ಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕೆ ಬೀಳು kelasakke bīḷu = ಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕೆ ಬರು; ಕೆಲಸ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು kelasa tegedukoḷḷu to get (some) work done using force or under coercion; ಕೆಲಸಬೊಗಸೆ kelasa bogase (dupl.) (pl.) works; ಕೆಲಸಮಾಡು kelasa māḍu to work; to serve; to do; to be employed; ನಿನ್ನ ಕೆಲಸ ನೀನು ನೋಡಿಕೊ ninna kelasa nīnu nōḍiko do not interfere in another's work'; 'mind your own businesś; ಕೆಲಸವಿಲ್ಲದ ಕುಂಬಾರ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಕುಂಡಿ ತಟ್ಟಿದ kelasavillada kumbāra makkaḷa kuṇḍi taṭṭida (prov.) an idle mind is the deviḷs workshop; ಕೆಲಸವಿಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ಕಂಬನಾದರೂ ಸುತ್ತು kelasavilladiddare kambanādarū suttu (prov.) (said of a cruel employer, who orders his employee) to add up all the telephone numbers in a telephone directory,when no other work is there.

the act or process of conjuring; a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual magic; incantation; conjuration.

(fig.) cheating; deceit.

a small water vessel.

the plant Hemionitis cordifolia of Polypodiaceae family.

to put or blend together in a single mass; to mix; to mingle (different things) together.

a blend of different things; a mixture.

the end of anything; finish.

the condition of being used up completely.

the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life; death.

a water jar; a pot.

a worker of inferior rank, employed as a seaman; a khalasi.

a servant in military, employed for erecting camps, maintaining them, etc.

to give lessons to (a student, pupil or class); guide the studies of; instruct; to teach; to impart knowledge.

= ಕಲಶ.