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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Meccu (ಮೆಚ್ಚು):—

1) [verb] to love; to have warm affection for.

2) [verb] to be liked; to get fondness from.

3) [verb] (a god, a holy man, etc.) to favour; to be gracious to.

4) [verb] to consent to; to agree with.

5) [verb] to praise; to applaud; to commend.

6) [verb] ಮೆಚ್ಚಿದವರಿಗೆ ಮಸಣವೂ ಸುಖ [meccidavarige masanavu sukha] meccinavarige masaṇavū sukha = ಮೆಚ್ಚಿದ ಹೆಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಮರದ ಓಲೆ ಸಾಕು [meccida hennige marada ole saku]; ಮೆಚ್ಚಿದ ಹೆಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಮರದ ಓಲೆ ಸಾಕು [meccida hennige marada ole saku] meccida heṇṇige marada ōle sāku (prov.) love or liking tends to be biased favourable towards loved; love sees no fault; if accustomed, even worst things can be endured.

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Meccu (ಮೆಚ್ಚು):—

1) [noun] love; affection; fondness.

2) [noun] that which is loved, liked.

3) [noun] a gift of love or given out of pleasure.

4) [noun] consent; approval.

5) [noun] praise; compliment; applaud; commendation.

6) [noun] the state of being decorated ornamented.

context information

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 Lexicon

Meccu (மெச்சு) [meccutal] 5 transitive verb [Telugu: metstsu, K. meccu, M. meccuga, Travancore usage mecuni.]

1. To praise, extol; to flatter; புகழ்தல். அமரர்மெச்ச மலர்மல்கு பொழில் [pugazhthal. amararmecha malarmalku pozhil] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 543, 9).

2. To esteem; மதித்தல். [mathithal.] (W.)

3. To admire greatly, wonder; வியத்தல். மெச்சூதசங்கிதைு சங்கமிடத்தான் [viyathal. mechuthu sangamidathan] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் பெரிய.ாழ். [nalayira thivyappirapandam periyazh.] 2, 1, 1).

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Meccu (மெச்சு) noun < மெச்சு-. [mechu-.] Approbation, commendation; உவப்பு. [uvappu.] (W.)

context information

Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Meccudoru, Meccuga, Meccuganike, Meccuge, Meccugodu, Meccugol, Meccugudu, Meccukara, Meccukey, Meccuvade, Meccuvadu, Meccuvanige, Meccuven.

Ends with: Accumeccu, Kadumeccu, Manameccu, Naccumeccu, Neccumeccu, Polameccu.

Full-text: Meyccu, Meccatavar.

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Hindu Pluralism (by Elaine M. Fisher)

The sites of Multilingual Literary production in Nāyaka-period South India < [Chapter 4 - The Language Games of Śiva]

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