the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all living matter and that when pure is an odourless, tasteless, very slightly compressible liquid; water.

anything liquid containing or resembling water.

a watery fluid (as tears, sweat, urine or semen) formed or circulating in a living body.

the ocean or a sea.

the act of washing the body in water; bath.

the lustre of precious stones as diamond, pearl, etc.

vigour; vitality; sap.

dampness; moisture.

ನೀರ ಕಂಡಿ nīra kaṇḍi a small passage for bringing water into a fortified place; ನೀರ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಹೋಗು nīra kaḍege hōgu to go out for evacuating the bowels; ನೀರ ಕೊಂಬು nīra kombu frequent discharge of faeces (esp. in lose form); ನೀರ ಗಂಟಿ nīra gaṇṭi a village servant whose duty is to channel water through artificial means to agricultural fields; ನೀರ ಗಂಟು nīra gaṇṭu a disease of the spleen; ನೀರಗಿಚ್ಚು nīragiccu the fire that is supposed to be in the waters of ocean; the sea-fire; ನೀರಗಿಚ್ಚು ಅನ್ನ nīraciccu anna rice cooked with excess water; ನೀರ ಜೀಬಿ nīra jībi = ನೀರ ಕಂಡಿ; ನೀರ ತೇರ್ nīra tēr a cloud, that carries water; ನೀರ ಥಳಿ nīra thaḷi the act of sprinkling water; ನೀರ ದಿಡ್ಡಿ nīra diḍḍi = ನೀರ ಕಂಡಿ; ನೀರ ದೆವ್ವ nīra devva an evil spirit or a class of such spirits that are believed to live in water; ನೀರ ದೇವತೆ nīra dēvate any of several gods who are believed to reside in water; ನೀರ ದೋಣಿ nīra dōṇi a water-trough; ನೀರ ನಡು nīra naḍu an island; ನೀರ ನಿಲಯ nīra nilaya (myth.) Varuṇa, the Water-God; ನೀರ ಪಂಚೆ nīra pance a narrow, long cloth, used as a loin cloth while bathing or worshipping; ನೀರ ಪಡೆ nīra paḍe the naval force of a nation including vessels, officers, men, etc.; Navy; ನೀರ ಪೊಟ್ಟಣ nīra poṭṭaṇa a cloud; ನೀರ ಬಟ್ಟೆ nīra baṭṭe a channel for excess water from a water tank, reservoir, etc. to flow out; ನೀರ ಬಿರಾಡ nīra birāḍa a tax on the quantity of water used; water-tax; ನೀರ ಬೆರೆ nīra bere = ನೀರು ಪಾಲಾಗು; ನೀರವೇಂಟೆ nīravēṇṭe the catching of fish; ನೀರ ಮನೆ nīra mane a room for taking bath; a bathroom;ನೀರಲಿ ನೆರಹು nīrali nerahu = ನೀರಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಕು; ನೀರ ಲಿಪಿ nīra lipi (fig.) that which is short-lived or whose existence is impractical (as letters written on the surface of water; ನೀರಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಕು nīralli hāku to make all efforts go waste; 2. to destroy, spoil utterly; ನೀರಾಗು nīrāgu to become a liquid from a solid state, gen. by heat; to melt; 2. to become gentle and tender; 3. (a woman) to take bath on the fourth day after the discharge of menses; ನೀರಿನ ಗಡಿಯಾರ nīrina gaḍiyāra a device for measuring time by the fall or flow of water; a water clock; a clepsydra; ನೀರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಮ ಮಾಡು nīrinalli hōma māḍu = ನೀರಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಕು; ನೀರಿನವ nīrinava a man whose work is to bring water (from a well, canal, river, etc.) and fill water drums and other containers in a house; ನೀರಿನವಳು nīrinavaḷu a woman whose work is to bring water (from a well, canal, river, etc.) and fill water drums and other containers in a house; ನೀರು ನಿಡಿ nīru niḍi (pl.) water and meagre food; ನೀರು ಪಾಲಾಗು nīru pālāgu (one's efforts) to go waste; to become utterly useless; 2. to die by a mishap in a river, sea, etc.; ನೀರುಪಾಲು ಮಾಡು nīrupālu māḍu = ನೀರಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಕು; ನೀರು ಮಾಡು nīru māḍu to convert (something) from solid to liquid state; 2. to make watery or more watery; ನೀರು ಹಾಕು nīru hāku to water (plants, etc.); 2. to cause to have the body massaged with oil, unguents and to have bath.

any solid substance reduced to a state of fine, loose particles by crushing, grinding, disintegration, etc.; powder.

ashes of dry cow dung, used to smear on the body with the three fingers (forefinger, middle finger and ring finger of the right hand) as a sectarian mark.

any of the inelastic cords of tough, fibrous connective tissue in which muscle fibres end and by which muscles are attached to bones or other parts; sinew; tendon.

any of the cordlike fibres or bundles of fibres connecting the body organs with the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord) and parts of the nervous system with each other, and carrying impulses to and from the brain or a nerve centre; a nerve.

the human individual as representing the species, without reference to sex; a man.

a male human being.

the height of a normal man.

Arjuna, the Pāṇḍava hero the Indian epic Mahābhārata.

name of a mythological sage, a companion of another sage Nārāyaṇa.

of, belonging to man (Homo sapiens) or consisting of or produced by people; human.

having or showing human qualities.

water.

a just-born calf of a cow.

a group of persons, collectively, people, in general.

= ನಾರು3.

the wild dog Canis aureus, (smaller than the wolf), which often hunt prey in pack at night and eat carrion and cretin plants, believed to be sly; jackal.

the large, fierce Asian cat, Panthera tigris, having a tawny coat striped with black; a tiger.

a subtly deceitful, cunning person.

ನರಿಕೂಗು ಗಗನ ಮುಟ್ಟೀತೆ? nari kūgu gagana muṭṭīte? (prov.) the voice of poor and underprivileged, is never heard in the society; ನರಿಯ ಬುದ್ಧಿ nariya buddhi craftiness; slyness; cunningness; ನರಿ ಮುಖ ನೋಡಿರು nari mukha nōḍiru (fig.) to be very fortunate.

having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; fragrant.

a sweet or pleasing scent; fragrance.