the occupation or condition of a servant; service.

employment, esp. public employment; service.

work done for a master or feudal lord or work done or duty performed for another or others.

the serving of God, as through good works, prayer, etc.

a taking care of another a respectable or elder person or of the sick, injure, etc.; a diligent and attentive service.

an act giving assistance or advantage to another.

the act or manner of serving food (as in a hotel).

a system or method of providing people with the use of something, as electric power, water, transportation, mail delivery, etc.; service.

installation, maintenance, repairs, etc., provided by a dealer or manufacturer to purchasers of equipment; service.

spiced pasta in the form of long, very thin strings, fried in oil; a crisp light dish.

making a pair (joining with another); matching.

the state or quality of being equal (to another); equality.

that which is equal or similar to (another); an equal.

(correctly, ಶವ) a dead body of a person; a corpse.

physical or mental exhaustion; weariness; fatigue.

a training in using weapons.

the act or an instance of extracting the juice from the creeper Sarcostemma acidum (sōma plant).

an offering of this to a deity (in a religious sacrifice).

the sweetish liquid in flowers, used by bees for making of honey; nectar.

amounting to or measuring one and a quarter.

of or belonging to oneself.

existing as such at birth; congenital.

a man belonging to one's family; a relative; a kinsman.

the entity in each being regarded as immortal or spiritual part; the soul.