a thick, usu. bottle-shaped club of metal, used as a weapon.

= ಟಂಕ - 1.

the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg; the knee.

a thick, usu. bottle-shaped club of metal, used as a weapon.

= ಡಂಗೆ1.

a thick, usu. bottle-shaped club of metal, used as a weapon.

= ಡಂಗ2.

a wedge-like tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, made of steel, used for cutting or shaping stone; a chisel.

a mould used for making monetary coins.

a tool used to punch palmyra leaves by driving it at one corner (for tying them together).

a making of coins by stamping; the act or process of minting money; mintage.

a stamped coin.

an officially designated place, building or room where monetary coins are minted.

an archaic tax levied on persons engaged in minting coins.

sodium borate, a white, anhydrous, crystalline salt (see ಟಂಕಣ).

the act of repairing vessels by hammering the portion where it is cracked, dented or broken.

the downward gradient of a hill or mountain.

a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.; pride; conceit.

the act or process of minting monetary coins.

a cylindrical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched tightly over both the ends, played by beating with the hands, sticks, etc.

a kind of small, hour-glass shaped, hand-held percussion instrument, in which the two bands with a hard material tied to the free ends make sounds by striking the leather membrane on either side, when shaken continuously; obstinacy; stubbornness.