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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cillare (ಚಿಲ್ಲರೆ):—[adjective] petty a) of little or no importance or consequence; b) of lesser or secondary importance; c) having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.; d) mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things; e) showing or caused by meanness of spirit.

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Cillare (ಚಿಲ್ಲರೆ):—

1) [noun] a sum of money amounting to less than a rupee.

2) [noun] the odd amount that does not make a round sum or is over and above a round sum, but adds to less than the next round sum.

3) [noun] a number of coins or currency notes whose total value equals a single larger coin or note.

4) [noun] the act, system of selling goods or articles individually or in small quantities directly to the consumer; retail.

5) [noun] goods or articles so sold.

6) [noun] ಚಿಲ್ಲರೆ ಅಂಗಡಿ [cillare amgadi] cillare aṃgaḍi a shop where goods are sold in small quantities (as required by the customers, as diff. from the wholesale shop); a retail shop; ಚಿಲ್ಲರೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿ [cillare vyapari] cillare vyāpāri a person who sells goods in small quantities; a retail trader.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Cillaredhanya, Cillarejana, Cillarekarcu, Cillarekelasa, Cillarekharcu, Cillarematu, Cillaresamanu, Cillarevecca.

Full-text: Cillarai.

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