a

akāj

misdeed

Akṣharpati

the sovereign of Akshar

akhāḍo

place to exercise (gymnasium)

agam

not perceptible to the senses, incomprehensible

aghamage

on the path of sin

aghvant

sinner

ajāḍiyo

ditch

ajāṇ

ignorant

ajin

skin

agnān-tam

darkness of ignorance

aṭaḷ

something that does not perish

aḍavā

aṇateḍe

without being invited

atol

extremely abundant

adoṣh

innocent, free of faults

adharma-sarg

evolved from adharma

adhirāj

adhyās

constant contemplation of

anang

deity of love

anamra

not humble

animeṣh

without blinking

anup

cannot be compared with

anumān

inference

anurāgu

one with love

annasamā

subsisting on food

apashoṣh

regret

abhay-dān

liberation

abhilāṣhā

desire

amathu

not worthwhile, vain

amar

deities

amal

1. pure, 2. ecstacy

amit

limitless

amūl

priceless

amṛut

potion that grants immortality

ayāchyu

attained without asking for

arath

1. lust, 2. for one’s own selfish motive

ali

bumblebee

alābu

gourd

alaukī

‘other-worldly’ (divine)

avani (avanī)

Earth

avar

another

avarāṇu

covered

aval

the best

asheṣh

complete

asādhya

incurable

ahonish

day and night

ankit

something with an imprint

angār

fire

ambar

clothes

ambā

ambāī

become numb from acid

ambār

treasury, heaps of

ā

ākaḍ

1. stiff (unbending), 2. egoistic

ākhu

mouse

āgam

scripture

āgaḷe

in front of, near

āṭāṭop

ostensible, outward display

āṭhu-jām

24 hours a day

āḍ

obstacle

āḍo ānk vāḷavo

do what no one else is able to

āṇī

to bring upon

ātyantik

ultimate, eternal

ādya-kavi

Brahma

ābhaḍ-chheṭ

untouchable

āyudh

weapons

āratshu

with love

ārambh

beginning, commencement

āvās

home, dwelling

āsh

desire, expectation

āshe

desire, expectation

āsamāne

in the sky

ānī

here

ānṭī

1. knot, 2. grudge

i, u

ikṣhu

sugarcane

indrāmaṇu

a type of oval fruit

uchāṭ

worry, anxiety

ujāsh

light

uḍu

1. star, 2. planet, 3. constellation

utapāt

1. mischief, 2. adversity

uttāp

affliction, misery, pain

udak

water

udār-mati

udyama

personal endeavor

udyot

light

udhāro

agreement at a stipulated time, a promise

unamattāī

ego

upahās

teasing

ur

heart

urag

serpent

ulaṭī

ullās

joy

uṣhṇa

hot

e, o

ek-pāḍe

all the same

endhāṇ

attributes, characteristics

oḍamā

in the neck

ka

kaḍhāyā

a big frying pan

kathī

story, tale

kapi

monkey

kamāḍ

door

karatal

one who does

karī

1. elephant, 2. one with hands

kalank

blemish on one’s reputation

kaḷ

trick, contrivance

kaḷāshe

be able to recognize

kavathāṇu

spoiled

kashyā vinā

kasāī

butcher

kangāl

poor

kanth

husband

kākh

armpit

kāṇ

to cry after someone dies

kām-dughā

cow that fulfills one’s wishes

kāmanī

woman

kārāgṛuh

jail

kālāvālā

implore, request

kāḷ-chaviṇo

‘consumed’ (destroyed) by time

kāḷap

kāḷ-pāsh

the ‘noose’ of time

kāḷī kāmaḷīye

kāḷo ker

a great tyranny or injustice

kāsh

hindrance

kākach

kān re

why?

kīṭ

worm

kukkar

dog

kujāt

lower class

kuṇ

who

kumati

impure intellect

kumudinī

kusakā

stalks of paddy

kūmpaḷ

a new sprouting leaf

kūḍu

deceitful

kūrma

turtle

kṛuchchh-vrat

a type of vrat

kṛutya

work

keḍyānī

after

ked

bondage

kochavāī

koṭ

millions

koḍ

desire of the mind

koḍī

a small currency

kotar

kornu

Koshaḷ

a region name

kṣhudhā

hunger

kṣhobh

embarrassment, shame

kha

khaṭ-dash

sixteen

khaḍag

sword

khaḍaj

grass

khadyot

1. firefly, 2. star

khar

donkey

kharkharo

1. regret, 2. meeting of mourners (a wake)

khaḷ

wicked

khāṭyo

attained

khāṇī

mine

khātu

accounting records, ledger

khāsī

the best, most important

khānt

with hope or enthusiasm

khije

get angry

khuvār

extremely miserable, tormented

khuve

to lose

khel

1. a game, 2. divine exploit

khoyalo

lost

khoyā

lost

khoḷ

search

khyāti

fame

khyāl

memory

ga

gaddhu

donkey

gam

1. wit, insight, 2. recognition

gamār

fool

garak

garaju

one with an interest

Ganga

River Ganga

gāfal

careless, aloof

gānṭhanu

one’s own

Gānḍīv

name of Arjun’s bow

gīgā

gre’jo

to grasp

gha

ghaṭ

1. heart, 2. mind, 3. body

ghaḍi ghaḍiye

repeatedly

ghaṇeru

lots

ghar māravā

improper relationship with another’s wife

ghasarake

ghā

blow, strike

ghāt

murder

ghālavā

ghūḍ

owl

ghoḍā ghaḍe

to make wishes

ghoḷyā

1. to abandon

cha

chakavā

a type of bird

chaḍī

chaturadhā

four types of liberation

chaḷ

listless, overactive

chaḷī

chhāy

desire

chāh

love

chīl

carnivorous bird (like an eagle or vulture)

chaitanya

atma

chokhe

truthfully

choṭ

1. target, 2. expense, 3. glance

chha

chhaṭā

beauty

chhatu

exposed

chhapāḍashe

hide, cover up

chhaḷ

deceit

chhādan

blanket, clothes

chhāp

to imprint the feet on the chest

chhānḍī

desert, abandon

chhidar

flaws, setbacks

chhek

utterly, totally, till the end

chhoye

all six

ja

jagajodha

soldiers of the earth

jaṭharā

digestive fire

jaḍashe

will attain

jaṇāṇu

to become visible

jatan

care

jathārath

thoroughly

jabar

powerful

Jam-kinkar

the attendants of narak

Jamarāy

king of narak

jaraṇā

patience, forbearance

jāmanī

night

jāḷī

jāngīr

big drum

jignāsu

curious

jīraṇ

1. degenerated, worn down, 2. chronic disease

jīvit

life

jugaṭā

gambling

jute

jūjavī

different

jūṭh

wrong

jejekār

jokham

valuable possessions

jog

1. contact, 2. renunciation

jobane

in youth

jor

strength

gnān-bodh

instruction on wisdom

jyān

loss, damage

za

zaḷamaḷī

bright light

zaṣh

fish

zāḷ

flame of fire

zūḍ

alligator

ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha

ṭank-ṭāṇā

meal time

ṭile

to sit on the throne

ṭovā

to sustain

ṭharavā

to become still or to settle

ṭhāuko

ṭhām

1. place, 2. utensil

ṭhālo

in vain, worthless

ḍagāvo

ḍachakā

last breath

ḍābalo

hoof of a horse

ḍābh

grass with sharp blades

ḍukhar

1. flaw, 2. a demon

ḍo’ḷīne

to meddle in other people’s work

ḍoḍ

pretentiousness, hypocrisy

ḍoḍo

cornstalk

ḍorī

a hypocrite

ta

એક સરખાપણું

taḍovaḍ

similarity

tadavat

like that

tan-trās

harassment to the body

tapasī

one performing austerities

tapeshvar

greatest among one performing austerities

tam

1. darkness, 2. tamogun

tamatamu

extremely spicy hot

tamamā

in you

turu

tree

talase

desire

tāke

to aim

tāj

renunciation

tāṇ

earnest desire,

tāt

father

tān

being absorbed in something or someone

tāvaḍo

a big frying pan

tiraskār

indifference, contempt

tūp

ghee

tṛuṇ

grass

tṛuptatā

satisfaction

tehuni

theirs

taiye

then

toy

water

tol

1. appraisal, 2. to think over

toḷī

having thought over

trās

misery

triyā

woman

trishūḷ

weapon with three prongs

troḍī

da

dago

deceit

dadāmā

drum

dam

physical austerity

damyā

to maintain under control

dayu

gave

dar

burrow

darpa

ego

dash

direction

dāze

to burn with envy

dāṭe

to cover up

dāt

dādur

frog

dām

money

dārā

woman

dāruṇ

terrible

Digapāḷ

the deity that protects the directions

dinakar

sun

Dinesh

Sun deity

diye

to give

diso

to appear so

dukh-deṇ

bring misery

drage

with the eyes

deshi(ye)

to mimic or imitate

depya

useful

doy

two

doyalu

very difficult

dovaṭe

draṣhṇa-praṣhṇa

to see and touch

dha

Dhananjay

one name of Arjun

dhāī

running

dhān

grains

dhāyā

ran

dhārā

rain showers

dhānkhanā

constant longing

dhubāko

dhūḍadhāṇī

devastated, in ruins

na

naī

nakal

fake

nachint

worry free

naṭhārī

bad

natha(ḍī)

nose ring

namālā

worthless

namūḷiyā

without roots

nardev

king

narasu

bad

nāmato

nāmu

nāv

boat

nāsā

nose

nihshank

without doubts

nidān

1. certainly, 2. result

niradāvo

complain-free

niradhār

resolute decision

nirabhe

fearless

niravāṇ

1. liberation, 2. certain or sure

niravikh

poison-free

niraved

renunciation

nivāravā

to stop

nihāl

fulfilled

nīranidhi

ocean

nek

righteous, honest, good

neh

affection

notaru

invitation

nor

conclusion, result

nautam

new, novel

nyārī

different

pa

pakhī

paṭ

clothes

parabāru

directly, straight

paramāṇo

recognize, believe to be true

paramārthi

benevolent

paravā

need arising from self-interest

parharavu

abandon

parā

paritāp

regret, repentance, remorse

pashupāḷ

shepherd, cow herder

pank-sam

panch

five

Panchāṇ

a name of a conch shell

panḍ

physical body

panḍe

personally

panthe

on the path

pāk

pure, pious

pāge

with the foot

pāj

pāḍ

1. same as, 2. benevolence

pānu

life-long relationship

pāne

on paper

pāpaṇī

sinful

pāy

foot

pārakā

others’

pārakhu

1. test, 2. recognition

pārāk-kṛuchchh

a type of vrat

pāroṭhā

pāvan

pure, pious

pāsaḷ

near

pāngaḷo

lame

pāmpaḷā

feeble attempts, vain efforts

piyu

beloved

pīyūṣh

amrut

puchha

tail

punit

pure, pious

purīṣh

mud, feces

punj

heap

pūchhalī

sick, weak

pekhiyā

saw

pekhe

recognize

pech

twist

pejāru

shoes

per

in the same way

pothī

scripture

popaṭo

peapod

poḷ

gate, small street

pyāj

onion

pyās

1. strong desire, 2. thirst

prajaḷashe

to set on fire

pratīt

trust, conviction

pramadā

woman

pravīṇ

clever

prashan

question

prahari

prākrame

prāvṛuṭ

the monsoon season

prāsād

palace

prīchhe

know (someone)

prokṣha

not visible before the eyes

fa

fagavā

fajit

disgraced

fajetī

disgraced, infamy

fand

1. misery, 2. bondage

fero

felī

ba

bakavād

meaningless conversation

badalāmī

baddha

bound or attached to

balihārī

bādh

flaws, setbacks

birud

promise, one’s word

bṛuhat

deep, vast

beḍopār

victory

bodh

lesson, instruction

brahmavit

knower of Brahman

bha

bhaginī

sister

bhajī gaī

transpired

bhaṇak

whisper, humming

bhaṇe

speaks

bharpūr

abundant

bhavan

dwelling

bhav-pāj

bridge to cross the ocean of births and deaths

bhav-fand

bondage of births and deaths

bhav-bhog

worldly indulgences

bhākhī

said

bhāt

different way

bhāde

in the month of Bhadarvo

bhītar

internal

bhor

morning, dawn

ma

makṣhikā

fly

maṭaku

blink of an eye

mat

intellect

mat-mamat

matsya

fish

man mānī

liked by the mind

man-ranjan

entertaining to the mind

man-vānchhit

desired by the mind

mar

so what if

marajād

discipline

marichī

water of a mirage

marut

wind

marma

essence, secret

mavāḷo

hair

maher

grace

māgh

the month of Maha

māraṇ

prey, to kill

māhare

me

mīnḍhiāvaḷ

mīṭe

with the eyes, without blinking

mīrānt

wealth

mukhnu pāṇī

reputation

mukhonmukh

face to face

muni-ind

the greatest among munis

munirāj

the greatest among munis

mu

my

mūko

mute

mūṭhī mānḍavī

mūṣho

mouse

mṛug-chhālā

deer hide

mo’la

palace

mokaḷe

free to do as one pleases

mokṣhadā

one who grants liberation

moj

joy, grace

mozār

in the midst of

moḍ

1. the mark of faithfulness to one’s husband, 2. turban

moḍī

mobhisut

ya

yati

renunciant

yoṣhitā

woman

ra

rakhavāḷ

protector

rakhe

watch out

rajī

liked

rati

1. zeal, 2. weakness or attachment for something, 3. slight

raḷiyāt

pleased

ranḍāpaṇ

widowed

rājanidhi

treasury of a kingdom

rāj-sāj

luxuries of a kingdom

rāy

king

rānk

poor

rīzavavu

to please

rīze-khīje

pleasant and angry

rītashu

rīsh

anger

ruze

heal

rupā

silver

ruṣhaṇu

enmity

rūde

in the heart

rokaḍu

clear, can easily point to, visible

roḷī

roṣh

fury

la

lakī

small amount

lagār

small amount

lajāmaṇī

causing embarrassment

lajjā

embarrassment

lapoḍ

a type of conch shell

lahavu

to attain

lākhu

hundreds of thousands

lāg

opportunity

lāhya

vexation

lānchhan

blemish, tarnished

lānṭh

shrewed, cunning person

līm

type of tree

lūṇ

salt

lekhe

accounting record

lelīn

engrossed

loh-kamāḍ

metal door

va

vagovashe

disgrace

vaḍajamā

get caught in a blow, stroke

vaḍu

large

vaṇatoḷī

cannot be weighed, extreme

vaṇasāḍaḍe

spoil

vanitā

woman

varatāro

conduct

varatāshe

will be recognized

varavu

to join with

varādh

a type of disease (similar to bronchitis)

valakal

clothes made from bark of a tree

valakhā

vain efforts

valakhyā

to make vain efforts

vashek

more

vasāvīsh

certain, 100%

vasudhā

Earth

vā

1. or, 2. wind

vādhe

grow

vāni

ashes

vām

1. left, 2. woman

Vāman

Vaman avatar of God

vāmyā

vāyak

words

vāyado

time or term

vāraṇe

vāri

water

vāru

good

vālaṇo

fan

vāvarī

spend

vānse

following behind

vikārī

blemished, tarnished

vikh (viṣh)

poison

vigat

details

vighāt

destruction

vitta

money

vidārī

destroy

vidhi

Brahma (deity)

vin

without

viparīt

opposing

vilakhī

viṣham

adverse

vīnṭyā

with

veju

target

vel

ve’l

delay

vyanjan

1. vegetables

vyāḷ

1. tiger, 2. snake

vyom

sky

sha, ṣha

shakko

sham

austerity of the mind

shashī

moon

Shankhāsur

name of a demon

shākh

reputation, witness

shāṇā

wise

shikh

instruction

shiyu

shiromaṇi

best

shishanāmī

bowing the head

shishu

infant

shīd

why

shīl

character

shukādeli

Shuk, etc.

shūl

thorns in the form of blemishes

shetkhānā

toilet

shravaṇ

ears

Shrīmukhe

from one’s mouth

shrutavān

listener

shrey

liberation

ṣhaṭ-ras

six types of tastes

ṣhaṭ-khaḷ

sa

sakaḷ

everything

sagaḍī

flame

sadya

immediately

samarath

capable

samāsamu

well

samu

samet

1. with, 2. all

same same

from time to time

sarāḍī

sare

1. achieve, 2. give off fragrance

saresh

best

sahī (saī)

for sure

sampan

1. with, 2. wealthy

sāī

sākaṭam

open to all

sākh

witness

sāj

useful items

sāṭo

sādhya

curable

sāne

glance

sābadā

ready

sāmaṭo

all at once

sā’y

help

sāravā

to be successful

sāriyu

achieved

sāl

1. obstruction, 2. year

sānkaḍe

siddhant

principle

sing

a type of pea

sindhu

ocean

sījān

sukhāḷā

happy

sugam

easy

sut-dārā

children and wife

sutāru

carpenter

sudh

awareness

sudhā

amrut

sudho

straightforward

surati

passion

Sur-rāj

Indra

surāsur

deities and demons

Suresh

Indra

sūṇī

sūtak

impurity

sūr

sun

soḍ

bedding

sonarakh

the sand of the river Son

soy

all

soyalī

easy

soyāmaṇi

beautiful

ha

hajāru

thousands

hajur

near

haḍakār

contempt

harāmī

wicked, deceitful person

hām

courage

hārad

essence

him

ice, frost

hīṇ

hīṇo

without

Hemant

the Hemant season

haiyāfūṭ

fool