a defensive covering, usu. of metal, formerly worn by soldiers to protect the body in fighting; a body-armour.

= ಜೀರು1.

= ಜೀರು2.

a man who sells flowers and garlands.

= ಜೀರಿಗೆ.

fast movement.

a weapon with a long blade for cutting or thrusting used in fighting and also as a symbol of honour or authority; a sword.

any of a class (Chilopoda) of elongated, many-segmented, insect-eating arthropods with a pair of legs to each segment; a centipede.

a surface declined deeply as on the side of a mountain; mountain-slope.

a rock pillar, a mass of rock stretching above, on a mountain.

a large stone; a rock.

a stone set up to show the boundary of a land, village, town, revenue divisions, etc.; a boundary-stone.

(fig.) the quality of being hard or harsh; hardness.

the quality of being big or large; largeness.

the quality or state or being strong; strength.

gold, a malleable ductile yellow metallic element, used especially in coins, jewellery, etc.

a thin wire of gold extruded, to be used in textiles; a gold lace.

= ಜರಿ2.

to criticise or reproach severely.

to reproach in a mocking or insulting manner; to jeer at; to ridicule; to taunt.

to fall, shrink or break down, completely; to collapse.

to talk or comment with a sharp and satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain; to be sarcastic.

to make roaring sound; to shout loudly.

ಜರಿದಾಟ jaridāṭa the act of mutually reproaching severely; ಜರಿದಾಡು jaridāḍu to engage in a mutual reproaching.