Gorikallu, Gōrikallu, Gori-kallu, Gōri-kallu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gōrikallu (ಗೋರಿಕಲ್ಲು):—

1) [noun] a brilliant, hexagonally crystalline mineral, silicon dioxide, SiO2, (with principal constituent being ordinary sand), most often in a colourless, transparent form, but also sometimes in coloured varieties used as semiprecious stones; quartz.

2) [noun] a piece of any stone with sharp edge or edges.

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Gōrikallu (ಗೋರಿಕಲ್ಲು):—[noun] a stone slab planted at the place where a dead person is buried.

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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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