something that seems to appear to the sight but has no physical existence; a spectre.

an imaginary hobgoblin or terror used to frighten children into good conduct or that which is used to frighten but is actually not harmful; a bugbear; a scarecrow.

any nocturnal bird of prey of the order Strigiformes, with large eyes and a hooked beak, including barn owls, tawny owls, etc.; an owl.

ಗುಮ್ಮನ ಬಡಿವ ಕತ್ತಲೆ gummana baḍiva kattale a particular type of children's play.

a contrivance or mechanical device used by enemies to break the fort walls.

a dimension taken through an object or body or material usu. downward or inward; depth.

the quality of being deep; deepness.

intensity (as of silence).

gravity; seriousness.

intellectual depth; profundity.

a great quantity, number; abundance; the condition of having in plenty; plentifulness.

that which cannot be understood easily or is kept secret.

a question, matter or situation that is or person who is perplexing or difficult to deal with.

action; work; deed.

execution; performance.

obligtory duty.

the results of one's past action, deeds, etc.; the effect.

(exhaled air) to have a good odor.

= ಕಮ್ಮಿತು2.

the quality or state of being deficient; (the amount of) a shortfall; something lacking, a defect; deficiency.

ಕಮ್ಮಿ ಜಾಸ್ತಿ kammi jāsti approximately; more or less.

a strong wish or craving; desire.

sexual appetite; lust; concupiscence.

the quality of behaving unrestrainedly; capriciousness; fancifulness.

a healthy sexual life, without violating the other social, moral norms, regarded as one of the four personal aims to be realised or striven for.

(myth.) the god of love, son of Křṣṇa.

Balarāma, the elder brother of Křṣṇa.

the Supreme Being.

the plant Ammania baccifera of Lythraceae family.

ಕಾಮನ ಕರಿ kāmana kari the young leaves or flowers of neem tree; ಕಾಮನ ಬಿಲ್ಲು kāmana billu an arc or ring containing the colours of the spectrum in consecutive bands, formed in the sky by the refraction, reflection, and dispersion of light in rain or fog; a rain-bow; ಕಾಮನ ಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳಿ kāmana billu baḷḷi the creeper Thunbergia mysorensis of Acanthaceae family; rainbow creeper; ಕಾಮನ ಹಬ್ಬ kāmana habba the festival observed on the last full moon-day of the Hindu calendar year; ಕಾಮನ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ kāmana huṇṇime the last full moon-day of the Hindu calendar year; 2. the festival observed on that day; ಕಾಮನ ಹುಣ್ಣಿವೆ kāmana huṇṇive = ಕಾಮನ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ; ಕಾಮನ ಹೂ kāmana hū the flower of neem tree; ಕಾಮಕ್ಕೆ ಕಣ್ಣಿಲ್ಲ kāmakke kaṇṇilla lust renders a person blind; love is blind.

a man excessively interested in, desirous of, indulging in, sexual enjoyment.

(gen.) a man having a desire (for something).

Rati, the wife of Kāma.

a sect among brāhmaṇa community.

a member of that sect.