a percussion instrument consisting of big hollow cylinder with a mebrane stretched tightly over one end, the other being closed, played by beating with sticks; a huge drum.

a man who buys and sells commodities for profit; a dealer; a trader; a merchnat.

a clan of Muslim traders originally from Arabia, settled in the coastal ditricts of Karnāṭaka and part of Kerala, who speak Tuḷu mixed with Malayālam.

a man belonging to this clan.

a percussion instrument consisting of a large hollow hemisphere of copper or brass and a parchment top that can be tightened or loosened to change the pitch; a kettledrum.

absence of rain for a prolonged period over a wide area; drought.

the condition of being extremely dry, parched; complete loss of moisture; aridity.

the condition of having high temperature; hotness.

greediness; covetousness.

extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area; famine.

(gen.) absence of anything.

till; upto (the point of time or point, place).

a blessing, favour, boon received from a god or a holy man.

bearing or able to bear; carrying or able to carry.

maintaining; supporting; protecting; guarding.

the act of bearing or carrying (a burden); an instance of this.

the act or an instance of stealing; theft; larceny.

anything one has to bear or put up with; heavy load; burden.

condition, quality, fact or instance of being responsible; accountability; responsibility.

abundance; plentifulness.

a feeling of intentness, concern or curiosity about something; interest.

an exciting or being excited; agitation; excitement.

the quality of being swift, quick; swiftness; quickness.

great energy or vehemence of emotion, thought or activity; intensity.

an overwhelming, floodlike rush of anything.

(arch.) a measure of weight (equal to twenty tole).

to come towards or in; to arrive.

to begin to grow; to shoot forth (as a plant from a seed).

(a seed or plant) to put forth buds or shoots.

(a plant) to have flowers and fruits in plenty.

to go forward; to proceed ahead.

to join or unite with.

to be got, obtained.

to be born or produced; to come into existence.

to burst suddenly into percepion; to flash.

to happen; to occur.

to become possible; to be feasible.

to come under another's hold, control.

the entrance of a house or other building.