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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Paralu (ಪರಲು):—

1) [noun] a small stone worn smooth and round; a pebble.

2) [noun] a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object, which is valued as a gem when lustrous and finely coloured; a pearl.

3) [noun] a piece of camphor or a small hailstone.

4) [noun] an unripe or young fruit.

5) [noun] a tract having lose mixture of pebbles, rock fragments coarser than sand and the soil.

6) [noun] the castor oil seed.

7) [noun] its plant.

8) [noun] any oil; yielding seed in gen.

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Paralu (ಪರಲು):—[noun] (dial.) the various connections between peoples, countries, etc.; relations.

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Paraḷu (ಪರಳು):—

1) [noun] a small stone worn smooth and round; a pebble.

2) [noun] a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object, which is valued as a gem when lustrous and finely coloured; a pearl.

3) [noun] a piece of camphor or a small hailstone.

4) [noun] an unripe or young fruit.

5) [noun] a tract having loose mixture of pebbles, rock fragments coarser than sand and the soil.

6) [noun] the castor oil seed.

7) [noun] its plant.

8) [noun] any oil-yielding seed in gen.

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: Paraluga, Paralugallu, Paralugayi, Paralunela.

Full-text: Paral, Paralugallu.

Relevant text

No search results for Paralu, Paraḷu; (plurals include: Paralus, Paraḷus) in any book or story.