Balapa, Baḷapa: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Baḷapa (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.

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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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