name of one of the Dravidian languages of India.

(mus.) a particular mode or style in singing.

a Dravidian language akin to Kuī spoken in some parts of Orissa in eastern India.

the head of a village or town.

a division of Dravidian race, who speak Goṇḍi, in central India.

a member of this race.

a division of Dravidian race, who speak Gōṇḍi, in central India.

a member of this race.

a natural raised part of the earth's surface, often rounded; a hill or hillock.

a round hole dug in the ground for receiving and preserving water.

a small round or square pin in the ground for the sacrificial fire.

a pool, well, esp. one consecrated to a deity or holy purpose.

an earthen pot.

a sloping ledge in a wall etc. where the thickness of the part above is diminished; an offset in the wall of a well or at the foot of a wall of a building.

the portion of a vessel that is above its neck.

a stairway set on the wall of a well to go down and up.

a thorny plant having many stems branching out low instead of one main stem or trunk; a thorny shrub.

a group of trees or other plants.

the tree Acacia catechu var. typica of Mimosae family.

a kind weapon having horn-like metal projections.

a village servant whose duty is to regulate and manage water supply to the irrigated lands.

(fig.) molestation; vexation; annoyance.