a female that has just crossed girlhood and in the initial stage of her youth; an adolescent female.

a brilliant precious variety of corundum of beautiful blue; sapphire.

a small glass beed (these beeds are stringed as a necklace and worn by women).

the colour of charcoal; black colour.

a malleable, magnetic, readily oxidizable metal which is a chemical element of the transition series (atomic no. 26), widely used, chiefly in alloys such as steel, for tools, implements, structures, machinery, etc. (Symbol Fe.); iron.

the part of a plough or other agricultural tool that cuts the soil; a plough-share.

= ಕಾರವಾನ.

a company of travelers, esp. of merchants or pilgrims traveling together for safety, as through a desert.

a person who sells; a seller; a vendor.

a small wooden plank with short legs to sit on.

a small drop of a liquid.

a young woman.

the pleasing chirping sound of a parrot.

a woman who has a pleasant voice.

(mus.) the twenty first of the seventy two main modes in the Karnāṭaka system.