Damde, Daṃḍe, Dande, Daṇḍe: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Daṃḍe (ದಂಡೆ):—

1) [noun] a string of flowers.

2) [noun] a length or loop of like things threaded, strung or hung on a string (as of pearls); a string.

3) [noun] a cluster, a bunch, a collection of flowers, held or fastened together at one end.

4) [noun] a kind of ornament worn on the head.

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Daṃḍe (ದಂಡೆ):—

1) [noun] the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.; the shore or bank.

2) [noun] nearness; proximity.

3) [noun] ದಂಡೆಗೆ ಹಚ್ಚು [damdege haccu] daṇḍege haccu to bring to a safer, better or steadier position; ದಂಡೆಗೆ ಹತ್ತು [damdege hattu] danḍege hattu to overcome one’s difficulty or danger and reach a safer state; ದಂಡೆ ಸೇರು [damde seru] daṇde sēru to accomplish; to come to the end successfully.

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Daṃḍe (ದಂಡೆ):—

1) [noun] a type of physical exercise in which, standing on the toes and the palms, the body is lowered (without allowing the knees to touch the ground), and slightly pushed forward bending the back upward.

2) [noun] a kind of lock or hold in wrestling.

3) [noun] a holding of a stringed bow in the left hand stretched forward, i.e. in a ready position to shoot arrows.

4) [noun] a thick club used as a weapon in wars.

5) [noun] a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usu. on the left arm, to avoid being hit by swords, lances, arrows, etc.; a shield.

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Dāṃḍe (ದಾಂಡೆ):—[noun] a kind of fish.

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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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