Balapa, Baḷapa: 1 definition
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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBaḷapa (ಬಳಪ):—
1) [noun] a compact, usu. impure, massive variety of talc, used to make electrical insulators and also to carve idols; soapstone; steatite.
2) [noun] a thin plate of this, usu. black in colour and framed, used as hand held board by students to write on with a piece of chalk.
3) [noun] ಬಳಪದ ಕಲ್ಲು [balapada kallu] baḷapada kallu = ಬಳಪ - [balapa -] 1.
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Baḻapa (ಬೞಪ):—[noun] a kind of large drum as kettle-drum, war-drum, etc.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with (+17): Balapaaku, Balapadapa, Balapaddhati, Balapaddhatikavacadi, Balapadisu, Balapaharana, Balapakarsham, Balapakarshana, Balapamgol, Balapana, Balapanacem Loni, Balapancaka, Balapancamistavaraja, Balapancanga, Balapancaratna, Balapanchaka, Balapandita, Balaparameshvarimalamantra, Balaparamita, Balaparaveshi.
Ends with: Bennebalapa, Halubalapa, Hittubalapa.
Full-text: Balaha.
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