a positive assurance; guarantee.

a ring of wire with a nail-like projection worn on the fingers for plucking the strings of musical instruments; a plectrum.

a glittering piece stitched to a clothe, fastened to a garland, etc. for decorative purpose.

a powder of glittering substance used in decoration.

= ನಕ್ಕೆಚಿಕ್ಕನಾಕು.

a large ocean-going vessel propelled by usu. engines; a ship.

a thin, horny plate, consisting of modified epidermis, growing on the upper side of the end of a finger or toe; a nail.

a sharp, usu. curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog or bird; a claw.

the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse; a hoof.

a kind of perfume.

a kind of plant (Unguis odoratus ?).

(arith.) a symbol for the number twenty.

ನಖ ಬಣ್ಣವ ಕಾಣು nakha baṇṇava kāṇu (a girl) to have menstrual period; to undergo menstruation; ನಖಮಾಂಸ ಪ್ರೀತಿ nakha māmsa prīti a very close, intimate association; ನಖಮಾಂಸ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ nakha māmsa sthiti = ನಖಮಾಂಸ ಪ್ರೀತಿ.

an accessory, article or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part; an ornament; an embellishment.

a bundle of commodities of similar kind.

a kind of perfume.

to pass the tongue smoothly over; to lick.

(fig.) to touch.

to consume; to eat up; to devour.

the thin, horny substance growing out at the ends of the fingers and toes of people, monkeys, etc. a nail.

a similar growth on the toes of a bird or animal; claw.