to rub or scrape slightly, as with the fingernails, to relieve itching; to scratch.

a thin, sharp piece of wood; a splinter.

(gen.) a small piece of wood.

(fig.) anything retained (that gives pain, brings back unpleasant memories to the mind or causes compunction).

to cry aloud; to shout.

to scream.

a thin layer of mud smeared (on the surface of a vessel etc.).

(in comp.) small; little.

anything that is offered to a god as an oblation.

a vessel used for offering an oblation ( in a sacrifice).

the offering of an animal as in propitiation or homage.

(fig.) food; meal.

a kind of small fish .

an adhesive substance, as glue; an adhesive.

a solid mass of no special shape or made look like a ball; a lump.

anything that acts as organic catalyst in the fermentation (as of the dough for iḍli, dōse, etc.).

the juice or sap of anything.

a soft food made of cereal or meal boiled in water to which buttermilk is added.

(fig.) the state of being associated, joined, firmly or homogenously.

any of the pieces used as pawns in the game of dice or a chessman used in chess.

a kind of dye.

a thick, strong cord made of intertwisted strands of fibre.