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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Utkuṇa (उत्कुण).—

1) A bug.

2) A louse.

Derivable forms: utkuṇaḥ (उत्कुणः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Utkuṇa (उत्कुण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) A bug. E. ut high, loud, and kuṇ to call, ka affix; also uṅkuṇa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Utkuṇa (उत्कुण):—[=ut-kuṇa] m. a bug

2) [v.s. ...] a louse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. matkuṇa.)

[Sanskrit to German]

Utkuna in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Utkuṇa (ಉತ್ಕುಣ):—

1) [noun] any of various members of wingless, bloodsucking hemipteran insects of Cimicidae family, esp. of Cimex lectularius species with a broad, flat, reddish-brown body and an unpleasant odour that infests beds, furniture, walls, etc., is active mainly at night, and may transmit a variety of diseases; a bug.

2) [noun] any of small, flat, wingless insects of Anoplura order with sucking mouthparts, parasitic on the hair of humans and some other mammals; a louse.

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)

Partial matches: Ut, Kuṇa.

Ends with: Mutkuna.

Full-text: Unkuna, Ukuna, Kolakuna, Kunin, Konakuna.

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