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.

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.

a sweet or pleasing scent; fragrance.

(hair) to become or turn grey.

to become old (as to get grey hair).

the grey hair.

the old age.

a sweet or pleasing scent; fragrance.

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

a seasoning of food with sesame, curry leaves, asafoetida, etc. cooked in boiling oil.

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