Shalake, Śalāke: 1 definition

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Shalake means something in . If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śalāke (ಶಲಾಕೆ):—

1) [noun] a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a shaft with a sharp-pointed head; a spear.

2) [noun] a metal wire.

3) [noun] a thin wooden stick.

4) [noun] anything that has a pointed end (as a blade of grass, needle, etc.).

5) [noun] any of the parts of the skeleton of a vertebrate animal.

6) [noun] (bot.) the slender, stalk-like part of a carpel between the stigma and the ovary; the style.

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Salāke (ಸಲಾಕೆ):—[noun] = ಸಲಾಕಿ [salaki].

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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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