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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Oralu (ಒರಲು):—[verb] = ಒರಳು [oralu]1.

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Oralu (ಒರಲು):—

1) [noun] a screaming or yelling in or as in pain.

2) [noun] a loud outcry or shout; scream; yell.

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Oralu (ಒರಲು):—[noun] = ಒರಳು [oralu]2.

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Oraḷu (ಒರಳು):—[verb] to scream; to yell a) to cry out loudly; b) to utter a shrill, loud, piercing cry in fright, pain, etc.

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Oraḷu (ಒರಳು):—

1) [noun] a heavy vessel of stone, usu. firmly set into the ground, with a cup-shaped cavity in which grains, corns, etc. are pounded with a pestle; a mortar.

2) [noun] ಒರಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂತರೆ ಒನಕೆಯ ಪೆಟ್ಟು ತಪ್ಪೀತೆ [oralalli kutare onakeya pettu tappite]? oraḷalli kūtare onake peṭṭu tappīte one cannot protect himself from burning by jumping into the fire; gather thistles and expect prickles; ಒರಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಳು ಹುರಿದರೆ ಅರಳು ಆದೀತೆ [oralalli haralu huridare aralu adite]? orḷalli haraḷu huridare araḷu ādīte? action sans wisdom can never bring the desired result; ಒರಳು ಹೋಗಿ ಮದ್ದಳೆ ಸಂಗಡ ಹೇಳಿದ ಹಾಗೆ [oralu hogi maddale samgada helida hage] oraḷu hōgi maddaḷe saŋgaḍa hēḷida hāge a simile used to describe a situation of one agonised person going to another similarly agonised person, for sympathy.

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Oṟalu (ಒಱಲು):—[verb] = ಒಱಲ್ [oral]2.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Oralukallu.

Ends with (+9): Bakkaboralu, Bokkaboralu, Bokkuboralu, Boralu, Erugoralu, Garalagoralu, Horalu, Kachoralu, Kalloralu, Karegoralu, Katugoralu, Kirigoralu, Koralu, Kudugoralu, Kuttoralu, Madehoralu, Mumgoralu, Namjugorala, Namjugoralu, Nungoralu.

Full-text: Oralike, Oralukallu, Oralidu, Oral, Odu.

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