Okkanna, Okkaṇṇa: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Okkaṇṇa (ಒಕ್ಕಣ್ಣ):—

1) [noun] a man with a single eye.

2) [noun] ಒಕ್ಕಣ್ಣರ ರಾಜ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊದರೆ ಒಕ್ಕಣ್ಣು ಮುಚ್ಚಿ ನಡೆಯಬೇಕು [okkannara rajyakke hodare okkannu mucci nadeyabeku] okkaṇṇara rājyakke hōdare o kkaṇṇu mucci naḍeyabēku it is wise to copy the majority of people, however stupid they are; be a Roman while in Roam; ಕುರುಡರ ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಕ್ಕಣ್ಣನೇ ರಾಜ [kurudara rajyadalli okkannane raja] kuruḍara rājyadalli okkaṇṇanē rāja in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is the king.

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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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