Elegattari: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Elegattari (ಎಲೆಗತ್ತರಿ):—

1) [noun] a pair of scissors used to shear wool.

2) [noun] a leaf split in the shape of a pair of scissors with which the head of a boy is symbolically shaved before the actual tonsure during the ceremony investing him with a sacred thread.

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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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