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: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNagaru (ನಗರು):—[verb] to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion; to pant.
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Nāgaru (ನಾಗರ�):�
1) [noun] any of several genera (esp. Naja) of very poisonous elapine snakes, having around the neck loose skin which is expanded into a hood when the snake is excited (which is deified); a cobra.
2) [noun] an idol of a deified cobra, installed for purpose of worshipping.
3) [noun] a serpent-shaped ornament worn by women on their head. ನಾಗರ ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯ� [nagara amavasye] nāgara amāvāsye the new moon-day ināṣāḍha, the fourth month of Hindu lunar calendar; ನಾಗರ ಅಮಾಸ� [nagara amasi] nāgara anāsu = ನಾಗರ ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯ� [nagara amavasye]; ನಾಗರ ಕಲ್ಲ� [nagara kallu] nāgara kallu = ನಾಗರ� - [nagaru -] 2; ನಾಗರ ಕಾ� [nagara kata] nāgara kāṭa any of several diseases (as abscess, scabies, etc.) supposed to have been caused by one’s commitment of an offence to a serpent-god; 2. infertility or non-conceiving of children caused by the supposed curse of a serpent god; ನಾಗರ ಕಾಯಿ [nagara kayi] nāgara kāyi the fruit of the tree Tamarindus indica; tamarind; ನಾಗರ ಚೌತಿ [nagara cauti] nāgara cauti = ನಾಗತುರ್ಥಿ [nagacaturthi]; ನಾಗರ ಪಂಚಮ� [nagara pamcami] nāgara pancami = ನಾಗಪಂಮಿ [nagapamcami]; ನಾಗರ ಪಣ� [nagara pane] nāgara paṇe a serpent-hood shaped ear-ornament; ನಾಗರ ಬೆತ್� [nagara betta] nāgara betta = ನಾಗಬೆತ್ತ [nagabetta]; ನಾಗರ ರಾಗಟ� [nagara ragate] nāgara rāgaṭe = ನಾಗರ� - [nagaru -] 3; ನಾಗರ ಸುತ್ತು [nagara suttu] nāgara suttu = ನಾಗಮುರ� - [nagamuri -] 1; ನಾಗರ ಹಾವು [nagara havu] nāgara hāvu = ನಾಗರ� - [nagaru -] 1.
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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Starts with: Nagaropavana, Nagaru thige, Nagarudha, Nagaruka, Nagarukkha, Nagarukkhapallavakomala, Nagarunga, Nagarupa, Nagarupacara, Nagarupadhrik, Nagarupakarika, Nagarupama, Nagarupama Sutta, Nagaruparodhakala, Nagaruparundhana, Nagarutige, Nagaruttama, Nakarucam, Nakarukam, Nakarutam.
Full-text: Malanagaru, Molanagaru, Nagaru thige, Nisan, Nagari, Nakar, Nagara.
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