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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nagaru (ನಗರು):—[verb] to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion; to pant.

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Nāgaru (ನಾಗರು):—

1) [noun] any of several genera (esp. Naja) of very poisonous elapine snakes, having around the neck loose skin which is expanded into a hood when the snake is excited (which is deified); a cobra.

2) [noun] an idol of a deified cobra, installed for purpose of worshipping.

3) [noun] a serpent-shaped ornament worn by women on their head. ನಾಗರ ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯೆ [nagara amavasye] nāgara amāvāsye the new moon-day ināṣāḍha, the fourth month of Hindu lunar calendar; ನಾಗರ ಅಮಾಸಿ [nagara amasi] nāgara anāsu = ನಾಗರ ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯೆ [nagara amavasye]; ನಾಗರ ಕಲ್ಲು [nagara kallu] nāgara kallu = ನಾಗರು - [nagaru -] 2; ನಾಗರ ಕಾಟ [nagara kata] nāgara kāṭa any of several diseases (as abscess, scabies, etc.) supposed to have been caused by one’s commitment of an offence to a serpent-god; 2. infertility or non-conceiving of children caused by the supposed curse of a serpent god; ನಾಗರ ಕಾಯಿ [nagara kayi] nāgara kāyi the fruit of the tree Tamarindus indica; tamarind; ನಾಗರ ಚೌತಿ [nagara cauti] nāgara cauti = ನಾಗಚತುರ್ಥಿ [nagacaturthi]; ನಾಗರ ಪಂಚಮಿ [nagara pamcami] nāgara pancami = ನಾಗಪಂಚಮಿ [nagapamcami]; ನಾಗರ ಪಣೆ [nagara pane] nāgara paṇe a serpent-hood shaped ear-ornament; ನಾಗರ ಬೆತ್ತ [nagara betta] nāgara betta = ನಾಗಬೆತ್ತ [nagabetta]; ನಾಗರ ರಾಗಟೆ [nagara ragate] nāgara rāgaṭe = ನಾಗರು - [nagaru -] 3; ನಾಗರ ಸುತ್ತು [nagara suttu] nāgara suttu = ನಾಗಮುರಿ - [nagamuri -] 1; ನಾಗರ ಹಾವು [nagara havu] nāgara hāvu = ನಾಗರು - [nagaru -] 1.

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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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Starts with: Nagaru thige, Nagarudha, Nagaruka, Nagarukkha, Nagarunga, Nagarupa, Nagarupadhrik, Nagarupakarika, Nagarupama, Nagarupama Sutta, Nagarutige, Nakarukam, Nakarutam.

Ends with: Cantanakaru, Kannagaru, Krishnagaru, Malanagaru, Molanagaru, Molenagaru.

Full-text: Nagaru thige, Nakari, Nican, Nagara.

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