Kenda, Kemda, Kēṇḍa, Keṇḍa: 3 definitions

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Kenda means something in Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

kēṇḍa (केंड).—n Hollow grains of harīka (Paspalum frumentaceum). 2 m The name of a round, coarse kind of fish. 3 n A lump of cowdung burned to ashes.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kēṇḍa (केंड).—n Hollow grains of harīka. m A kind of fish.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English
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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Keṃḍa (ಕೆಂಡ):—

1) [noun] a brightly glowing coal; a live coal.

2) [noun] ಕೆಂಡವಾಗು [kemdavagu] keṇḍavāgu to be burnt thoroughly.

3) [noun] (fig.) to become furious; to become mad with anger; ಕೆಂಡಮಂಡಲ ಜ್ವರ [kemdamamdala jvara] keṇḍa maṇḍala jvara a very high fever; ಕಂಡಿದ್ದನ್ನು ಕಂಡಹಾಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದರೆ, ಕೆಂಡದಂತಹ ಕೋಪ [kamdiddannu kamdahage helidare, kemdadamtaha kopa] kaṇḍiddannu kaṇḍahāge hēḷidare, keṇḍadantaha kōpa (prov.) a telling of facts bluntly is bound to get the firings back.

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Keṃda (ಕೆಂದ):—

1) [noun] a brown or reddish brown ox.

2) [noun] a man of brown or reddish brown complexion.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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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