Kay, Kāy: 4 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKay (ಕಯ್):—
1) [verb] to do; to perform (an action, etc.) to carry out.
2) [verb] to turn up (the earth) with a plough, esp. before sowing; to plough.
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Kay (ಕಯ್):—
1) [noun] the end part of the human arm beyond the wrist, including the fingers and thumb; the hand.
2) [noun] an elephant’s elongated prehensile nose; the trunk.
3) [noun] a limb extending from a tree or bough; a branch.
4) [noun] a means of conveying.
5) [noun] (in comp. an instrument, apparatus, etc.) the size that can conveniently be handled; compactness; handiness.
6) [noun] help; support; a helping hand.
7) [noun] a ray of light.
8) [noun] the distance from the tip of the middle finger of one hand to that of another when stretched apart; a unit of linear measure equal to this.
9) [noun] one’s strength, valour.
10) [noun] the border of a sari.
11) [noun] control, management, custody.
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Kay (ಕಯ್):—[noun] the quality of being aesthetically delighting; pleasantness; beautifulness.
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Kay (ಕಯ್):—
1) [noun] a piece of cleared land, set off or enclosed, for raising crops; an agricultural or farm land.
2) [noun] (collectively) the plants grown in an agricultural field or farmland.
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Kay (ಕಯ್):—[noun] the taste that is bitter; the quality of being bitter.
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Kāy (ಕಾಯ್):—
1) [verb] to watch over and defend or protect from harm; to guard from or against.
2) [verb] to keep watch by (a door etc.) so as to control entry or exit.
3) [verb] to supervise (prisoners etc.) and prevent from escaping; to keep watch (cattle, sheep etc. while grazing).
4) [verb] to stay in a place or remain in readiness or in anticipation (until something expected happens or for someone to arrive or catch up); to wait.
5) [verb] to be, remain or delay in expectation or anticipation of; await.
6) [verb] to be ready or at hand.
7) [verb] to be eager to do (something).
8) [verb] to keep (something) from otherś knowledge.
9) [verb] to excuse or forgive (a person for some fault).
10) [verb] ಎರಡು ಹೊಲ ಕಾಯ್ದ ಹೊಲತಿ ಕೆಟ್ಟಳು [eradu hola kayda holati kettalu] eraḍu hola kāyda holati keṭṭaḷu if you run after two hare, you will catch neither.
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Kāy (ಕಾಯ್):—
1) [verb] to be heated; to become hot.
2) [verb] to become angry; to be infuriated.
3) [verb] (fever) to rise.
4) [verb] ಕಬ್ಬಿಣ ಕಾದಿರುವಾಗಲೇ ಬಗ್ಗಿಸಬೇಕು [kabbina kadiruvagale baggisabeku] kabbiṇa kādiruvāgalē baggisa bēku to act or take advantage while the situation is favourable; to strike the iron while it is hot.
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Kāy (ಕಾಯ್):—[verb] to put forth a fruit or fruits; to bear fruit.
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Kāy (ಕಾಯ್):—
1) [noun] a fruit that is developed but not ripe.
2) [noun] the human reproductive gland; the male gonad; either of two oval glands located in the crotum; the testicle.
3) [noun] a chess piece or any such representative piece used in several games as the one played with dice; a pawn.
4) [noun] the hard, aromatic seed of an East Indian tree (Myristica fragrans) of the nutmeg family, used as a spice; nutmeg.
5) [noun] the fruit of the coconut palm, consisting of a thick, fibrous, brown, oval husk under which there is a thin, hard shell enclosing a layer of edible white meat and a sweet, milky fluid.
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Kāy (ಕಾಯ್):—[verb] (dial.) to tie or pack (something) securely or firmly.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKāy (காய்) [kāytal] 4 verb [Telugu: kāyu, Kanarese, Malayalam: kāy, Travancore usage kāyi.] intransitive
1. To grow hot, be heated; நீர்முதலியன காய்ச்சப்பெறுதல். [nirmuthaliyana kaychapperuthal.]
2. To burn; to be warm, as body in temperature; சுடுதல். சுரத் தால் உடல்காய்கிறது. [suduthal. surath thal udalkaykirathu.]
3. To wither, as vegetables by the sun; to parch, as the lips or mouth; to dry, as the ground; உலர்தல். வெயிலிற் காய்ந்த பொருள். [ularthal. veyilir kayntha porul.]
4. To be dried up, as the humours of the body; to become emaciated; மெலிதல். [melithal.] (W.)
5. To suffer, as an empty stomach; வயிறு பசி யால் வருந்துதல். [vayiru pasi yal varunthuthal.]
6. To dry up, begin to heal, as a sore, a wound, a boil; புண் ஆறிவருதல். [pun arivaruthal.]
7. To be wearied, exhausted; விடாய்த்தல். காய் தலு முண்டக் கள்வெய்யோனே [vidaythal. kay thalu mundag kalveyyone] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 258).
8. To shine, emit rays; வெயில் நீலகேசிாக்கள் எறித்தல். நிலாக்காய்கிறது. [veyil nilakkal erithal. nilakkaykirathu.] — transitive
1. To burn, consume; எரித்தல். மதவேள்தன் னுடலங் காய்ந்தார் [erithal. mathavelthan nudalang kaynthar] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 15, 6).
2. To kill, destroy; அழித்தல். கஞ்சனைக் காய்ந்தானை [azhithal. kanchanaig kaynthanai] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் பெரியதி. [nalayira thivyappirapandam periyathi.] 7, 6, 5).
3. To remove, do away with, lay aside; விலக்குதல். கோப முதலிய குற்றங் காய்ந்தார் [vilakkuthal. kopa muthaliya kurrang kaynthar] (பெரியபுராணம் அப்பூதி. [periyapuranam apputhi.] 2).
4. To be prejudiced; to dislike, hate; வெறுத்தல். காய்தலுவத்த லகற்றி யொருபொருட்க ணாய்தல் [veruthal. kaythaluvatha lagarri yoruporudka naythal] (அறநெறிச்சாரம் [aranericharam] 22).
5. To be displeased, indignant, angry, furious; வெகுளூதல். காய்தலு முவத்தலும் [veguluthal. kaythalu muvathalum] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 147).
6. To reprove, scold, reprimand; கடிந்துகூறுதல். கறுத்தெழுந்து காய்வா ரோடு [kadinthuguruthal. karuthezhunthu kayva rodu] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 315).
7. To cut, sever; வெட்டுதல். (உரிச்சொல்நிகண்டு) [vettuthal. (uricholnigandu)]
8. To harass, torment; வருத்துதல். காய்கின்ற பழவினை போம் [varuthuthal. kaykinra pazhavinai pom] (திருக்குற்றாலத் தல நூற்பய. [thirukkurralath thala nurpaya.] 15).
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Kāy (காய்) [kāyttal] 11 intransitive verb [Telugu: kātcu, Kanarese, Malayalam: kāy, Travancore usage kāyi.] To bear fruit; மரம் செடி முதலியன காய்களைக்கொள்ளுதல். காய்நெல் லறுத்து [maram sedi muthaliyana kaykalaikkolluthal. kaynel laruthu] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 184).
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Kāy (காய்) noun < காய்²-. [kay²-.] [Telugu: kāya, Kanarese, Malayalam: kāy, Travancore usage kāyi.]
1. Unripe fruit; முதிர்ந்து பழக் காத மரஞ்செடிகளின் பலன். கனியொழிய . . . நற்கா யுதிர்தலு முண்டு [muthirnthu pazhag katha maranchedigalin palan. kaniyozhiya . . . narka yuthirthalu mundu] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 19).
2. The last metrical division in a word of three syllables sounding like kāy; மூவசைச்சீரின் இறுதியிலுள்ள நேரசை. ஆம்கடை காயடையின் [muvasaichirin iruthiyilulla nerasai. amkadai kayadaiyin] (யாப்பருங்கலக் காரிகை, உறுப். [yapparungalag karigai, urup.] 7).
3. See காய்ச்சீர். [kaychir.]
4. Unripe boil; பழமொழிுக்காதபுண்கட்டி. கட்டி இன்னும் காயாகவிருக்கிறது. [pazhukkathapunkatti. katti innum kayagavirukkirathu.]
5. Aborted foetus; முதிராது விழுங் கரு. [muthirathu vizhung karu.] Colloq.
6. Chessman, die; ஆடுதற்குரிய காய். [adutharkuriya kay.]
7. A preparation in the form of a cone made of pulse mixed with treacle, one of the many important eatables exhibited on marriage occasions; பருப்புத்தேங்காய்ப்பணிகாரம். [parupputhengayppanigaram.] Local usage
8. Burner in a lamp; விளக்கின் மரை. [vilakkin marai.]
9. Half; அரை. [arai.] Local usage
10. Failure, defeat; பிரதிகூலம். அவனுள்ளங் காயோ பழமலையந்தாதிோ [pirathigulam. avanullang kayo pazhamo] (பிரபுலிங்கலீலை பிரபுதே. [pirapulingalilai piraputhe.] 51).
11. Deceit; வஞ்சனை. தெளிந்தேம்யாங்காய் [vanchanai. thelinthemyangay] (கலித்தொகை [kalithogai] 89, 7).
12. Seed, as of a bull; விதை. காயெடுத்த எருது. [vithai. kayedutha eruthu.]
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Kāy (காய்) noun probably from Marathi ghāya.
1. Cicatrice from a wound; புண் ஆறிய வடு. அடிபட்டு உடம் பிற் காயுண்டாயிற்று. [pun ariya vadu. adipattu udam pir kayundayirru.]
2. Callous humour, excrescence, wart; உடம்பில் வெடிக்கும் காய். [udambil vedikkum kay.] Colloq.
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Kāy (காய்) [kāyttal] 11 intransitive verb probably from idem. To become callous; to form hard bunches, knots, warts, excrescences on the body, as from wounds, from walking, from using tools; தழும் புண்டாதல். கையெல்லாம் காய்த்துப்போயிற்று. [thazhum pundathal. kaiyellam kaythuppoyirru.]
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Kāy (காய்) [kāyttal] 11 intransitive verb To be of ripe experience; அனுபவமுதிர்தல். உணருமாண் பினாற் காய்த்தவர் [anupavamuthirthal. unaruman pinar kaythavar] (கம்பராமாயணம் விபீஷண. [kambaramayanam vipishana.] 95).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryKaay is another spelling for काय [kāya].—n. body; torso;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with (+735): Kaigumdisu, Kay-cinavaluti, Kay-kariamitu, Kay-vettikal, Kaya, Kaya Gata Sati, Kaya Hevajra, Kaya Jalavem, Kaya Jale, Kaya Jane, Kaya le bakoongo, Kaya Mhanuna, Kaya nut, Kaya Sakkhi, Kaya Sutta, Kaya-cittianon, Kaya-citticunnam, Kaya-cittiuppu, Kaya-kaya, Kaya-puvannan.
Ends with (+370): Adavi-ellakkay, Alakkalakkay, Alarkay, Alikay, Amankay, Amarakkay, Amirtakkatukkay, Anakankay, Anankay, Anil-vari-kotunkay, Ankay, Anumacakkay, Apayankatukkay, Arkay, Arokini-katukay, Atai-k-kay, Ataikkay, Atikay, Attacikkay, Attikay.
Full-text (+229): Vattukkay, Kaymurunkai, Kalikkay, Verunkay, Terinakay, Tampalankay, Temkay, Karkkay, Mulukkay, Totankay, Kolluk-kay-velai, Vankay, Ummankay, Kaynir, Kaymakaram, Kayvelai, Kayppalam, Cappaikkay, Pucani-kay-kottumani, Anankay.
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