Kalgi: 1 definition
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKalgi (ಕಲ್ಗಿ):—
1) [noun] a kind of poetical conversation, in the form of a song, sung by a group of persons hailing the excellence of women over men (as a sport)[the counterpart of this hailing the excellence of men is turā].
2) [noun] one of the two groups of people who sing this.
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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Starts with: Kalgiccu, Kalgidisu, Kalgidu, Kalgila, Kalgilu.
Full-text: Kalki.
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