Guddavva: 1 definition
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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGuddavva (ಗುದ್ದವ್ವ):—
1) [noun] a petty female deity believed to cause and prevent influenza.
2) [noun] ಗುದ್ದವ್ವನ ಬೇನೆ [guddavvana bene] guddavvana bēne an acute, contagious, infectious disease, caused by any of a specific group of viruses and characterised by inflammation of the respiratory tract, fever, and muscular pain; influenza.
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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