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ദക്ഷിണ

dakshina dakṣiṇa /d̪ɐkʂiɳɐ/

Meaning in English

southern

adjective · വിശേഷണം

Definition

Meaning and examples

  1. southern

    ദക്ഷിണ ഇന്ത്യയിൽ അരി പ്രധാന ഭക്ഷണമാണ്. dakṣiṇa intyayil ari pradhāna bhakṣaṇamāṇu. “Rice is the staple food in southern India.”

  2. offering to a guru (dakshina)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa).

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