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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Eravu (ಎರವು):—

1) [noun] that which is received from another, for temporary use, with a promise to return, within a specified period, with or without interest or pay something equal to it; a loan.

2) [noun] a fault, flaw, blemish or lack of something that renders something incomplete.

3) [noun] the state of being different or the quality that makes two things different from each other; difference; lack of similarity, equality or oneness.

4) [noun] ಎರವುತರು [eravutaru] eravu taru to bring something for temporary use with a promise to return after a specific period; to bring or take a loan; ಎರವು ತೆಱು [eravu teru] eravu teṛu to give something on loan; ಎರವಾಗು [eravagu] eravāgu to be distanced from; to go away from; 2. to become a hostile or enemy; ಎರವಿನ ಸಿರಿ [eravina siri] eravina siri the wealth, jewelry or property which one possesses but does not own; ಎರವು ಕೊಡು [eravu kodu] eravu koḍu to let another person use or have (a thing) temporarily and on condition that it or the equivalent, be returned; to lend; to loan; ಎರವು ಬೇಡು [eravu bedu] eravu bēḍu to seek, request for a loan; ಎರವು ಸಿರಿಯಲ್ಲ, ಬಾವು ಡೊಳ್ಳಲ್ಲ, ನೆರೆಮನೆಯವಳ ಗಂಡ ಭಾವನಲ್ಲ [eravu siriyalla, bavu dollalla, neremaneyavala gamda bhavanalla] eravu siriyalla, bāvuḍoḷḷalla, neremaneyavaḷa gaṇḍa bhāvanalla (prov.) borrowed wealth does not make you a rich man; ಎರವಿನವರು ಎರವು ಕಸಿದುಕೊಂಡರೆ ಕೆರವಿನಹಾಗೆ ಮೋರೆಯಾಯಿತು [eravinavaru eravu kasidukomdare keravinahage moreyayitu] eravinavaru eravu kasidukoṇḍare keravinahāge mōreyāyitu (prov.) if every bird takes its own feathers you will be naked; ಎರವಿನ ಚಿನ್ನ ಧರಿಸಿ ತಾನು ಅರಸಿಯೆಂದಳು [eravina cinna dharisi tanu arasiyemdalu] eravina cinna dharisi tānu arasiyendaḷu (prov.) a king on the stage assumes himself the king of the land.

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Eravu (ಎರವು):—[noun] = ಎರುಗು [erugu].

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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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