Beriya: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Beriya (ಬೆರಿಯ):—

1) [noun] a man who buys and sells commodities for profit; a dealer; a trader; a merchnat.

2) [noun] a clan of Muslim traders originally from Arabia, settled in the coastal ditricts of Karnāṭaka and part of Kerala, who speak Tuḷu mixed with Malayālam.

3) [noun] a man belonging to this clan.

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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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