Dakku: 2 definitions

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Dakku means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Dakku (“fear”) is one of the exogamous septs (divisions) among the Malas (considered the Pariahs of the Telugu country) of the Reddi Bhumi section. The Mala people are almost equally inferior in position to the Madigas and have, in their various sub-divisions, many exogamous septs (e.g., Dakku).

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ḍakku (ಡಕ್ಕು):—

1) [noun] the act or an instance of deceiving; a deceiving or lying; deceit.

2) [noun] a pretending to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel; esp., a pretense of virtue, piety, etc.

3) [noun] a misapprehension of the true state of affairs; the faulty perception of an external object.

4) [noun] an attraction or fascination exercised by a person, activity, quality, etc.

5) [noun] a drug that causes the mind misapprehend the true facts or physical objects or make behave submissively to other’s instructions.

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Dakku (ದಕ್ಕು):—

1) [verb] to be got, acquired by; to accrue to.

2) [verb] to come under the control of; to be subject to another’s check, regulation or authority.

3) [verb] to be digested (as food).

4) [verb] (a wrong doing, transgression, etc.) to be, become or seem to be right5) [verb] ದಕ್ಕು ಹಾಕಿಕೊಳ್ಳು [dakku hakikollu] dakku hākikoḷḷu to make something (that belongs to another or others) one’s own as by force or illegally.

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Dakku (ದಕ್ಕು):—

1) [verb] to increase oneself in volume, quantity or degree.

2) [verb] to become arrogant; to behave very haughtily or imperiously.

3) [verb] to become enthusiastic, zealous or elated (as from joy).

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Dakku (ದಕ್ಕು):—[noun] the fact of being under someone’s control or ownership.

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Dakku (ದಕ್ಕು):—

1) [noun] a thick, round piece of wood, tapered at one end.

2) [noun] a long, metal weapon having a pointed end.

3) [noun] the lower part of a plant remaining above the ground or of hair projecting on the skin, after most of the upper portion is cut off; a stump.

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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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