a long, narrow, open receptacle of stone, cement, wood, etc., used to hold water or food for animals; a trough.

a cabin suspended under an airship or balloon, for holding the motors, instruments, passengers, etc.; a gondola.

a pit or a designated place for garbage.

(fig.) a promiscuous woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; a prostitute.

an open square space, without being roofed, usu. at the centre of a house.

the quarters in a place exclusively for royal ladies.

a big hall in a palace, where king holds his meetings; a royal court.

a residence in general; a house.

a building where cattle, horses etc. are housed.

an enclosure, maintained as by a town, for confining stray animals until claimed; a pound.

a big pit for catching, taming and domesticating wild elephants.

a man employed in a village to clean the public areas, remove garbage, etc.

a man of mean or inferior quality.

the plant Capparis brevispina of Capparaceae family.

a Jaina or Buddha mendicant wearing traditional rough, unsewn cloth.

= ತಟ್ಟು5.

land on either side and along a river; bank.

a clapping with both the hands together.

a kind of contagious, small pox characterised by red pustular eruptions on the skin.

the act of touching or coming into physical contact.

a wish; a desire.

the act of anointing, smearing.

(dance.) one of the ten kinds of rhythmic and measured movements of hands, legs, head, etc.

= ತಟಿ.

to strike or beat resoundingly; to pound; to bang.

to come into physical contact with.

to pat (on another's back) as in encouragement.

to flatten the prepared dough in making roṭṭi, capāti, etc.

to smear with something oily.

to force to go; to drive.

to lightly pat on, as in lulling a child to sleep.

to apply; to be referred with.

to be liked; to be found agreeable to or very much pleasing.