Pagaraniga, Pagaraṇiga: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pagaraniga in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pagaraṇiga (ಪಗರಣಿಗ):—

1) [noun] a man who, wearing odd dresses, acts funny in a drama with an intention of rousing laughter.

2) [noun] a man wearing decent, saintly dresses with a view to cheating others; a cheat; a pretender.

3) [noun] an actor in a drama.

4) [noun] a man who arranges the plot of a drama and takes a leading part in it.

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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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