Akkasale, Akkasāle: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Akkasāle (ಅಕ್ಕಸಾಲೆ):—

1) [noun] one who works in gold or silver; goldsmith; silversmith.

2) [noun] the caste of goldsmiths, one of the notified backward castes.

3) [noun] a room, building where a goldsmith carries out his profession; goldsmith’s workshop;4) [noun] ಅಕ್ಕಸಾಲೆ ಕಿವಿ ಚುಚ್ಚಿದರೆ ನೋವಿಲ್ಲ [akkasale kivi cuccidare novilla] akkasāle kivi cuccidare nōvilla (prov.) the kick of the dam hurts not the colt; ಅಕ್ಕಸಾಲೆಗಿಂತ ಕಳ್ಳನಿಲ್ಲ, ಮಕ್ಕಿ ಗದ್ದೆಗಿಂತ ಬೆಳೆಯಿಲ್ಲ [akkasalegimta kallanilla, makki gaddegimta beleyilla] akkasāleginta kaḷḷanilla, makki gaddeginta beḷeyilla (prov.) = ಅಕ್ಕನ ಬಂಗಾರವಾದರೂ ಅಕ್ಕಸಾಲೆ ಬಿಡ [akkana bamgaravadaru akkasale bida]; ಅಕ್ಕನ ಬಂಗಾರವಾದರೂ ಅಕ್ಕಸಾಲೆ ಬಿಡ [akkana bamgaravadaru akkasale bida] akkana baŋgāravādarū akkasāle biḍa (prov.) a thief steals from his nearest persons too.

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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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