= ಮೋಚ - 2 & 3.

a man whose work is mending shoes or making shoes to order; a cobbler.

a sticky, colloidal carbohydrate found in certain trees and plants; gum.

the plantain tree Musa sapientum (var. champa) of Musaceae family.

its fruit.

the tree Moringa oleifera ( = M. pterygosperma, = Hyperanthera moringa) of Moringaceae family.

its slender, long fruit, used as a vegetable; a drum-stick.

a large, deciduous tree Bombax ceiba ( = B. malabaricum, = Salmalia malbaricum) of Bombacaceae family; Indian silk cotton tree.

= ಮಚ್ಚೆ1.

the purity or extent of purity of precious metals as gold, silver, etc.

a kind of black stone formerly used to test the purity of gold or silver by the streak left on it when it was rubbed with the metal; a touchstone.

any of three classes of coldblooded vertebrate animals living in water and having permanent gills for breathing, fins; a fish.

the shape of a fish.

the plant Solanum indicum of Solanaceae family; brinjal plant.

its fruit; wild brinjal.

the plant Artemisia indica of Asteraceae family.

another plant Artemisia maderaspatana ( = Grangea maderaspatana) of the same family.

name of various other plants as Quercus incana, Q. lusitanica ( = Q. infectoria), Q. robur, etc. of Fagaceae family.

a fruit of any of these plants.

= ಮಾಜು1.

to remove or divide into parts with a sharp-edged instrument; to cut; to sever.

(a woman) to get her head shaved, following the death of her husband.

(a widow) to cover her head with the upper part of (her) saree (a garment worn by Indian women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder).

(fig.) to destroy; to demolish; to ruin.

(fig.) to pay an amount of money (unwillingly, as a fine, punishment, etc.).

the act of shaving the head.