Adarpu, Aḍarpu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aḍarpu (ಅಡರ್ಪು):—[verb] to provide with; to supply.

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Aḍarpu (ಅಡರ್ಪು):—

1) [noun] a solid support; a prop.

2) [noun] a place in which one dwells or a person on whom one depends for help, survival; a refuge; a shelter.

3) [noun] that on which anything rests; a foundation; a basis for argument.

4) [noun] confident expectation; trust; the integrity to rest on.

5) [noun] a deposit as a guarantee for repayment of a loan or for fulfilment of a promise.

6) [noun] intense zeal; enthusiasm.

7) [noun] a piece of wood on which a lever moves, while moving a burden.

8) [noun] (dance) a stance, in which a foot is lifted slightly while moving.

9) [noun] anything hindering motion; a clot.

10) [noun] a winding (of a creeper) around an object;11) [noun] ಅಡರ್ಪಾಗು [adarpagu] aḍarpāgu to become a solid support for; to be (or act as) a prop; 2. to become pledged; ಅಡರ್ಪುಗುಡು [adarpugudu] adarpuguḍu to provide a rigid support; to hold by means of something placed under or against; to prop; to support; ಅಡರ್ಪುಮಾಡು [adarpumadu] aḍarpu māḍu to use as a support; to make a prop.

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Adarpu (ಅದರ್ಪು):—

1) [verb] to press very hard as to reduce (something) to powder.

2) [verb] to render powerless; to humble.

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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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