ಕುಂಕುಮ

ಅಲರ್ ನಿಘಂಟು (ವಿ. ಕೃಷ್ಣ)

1. 1.
   noun

   = ಕುಂಕುಮಕೇಸರಿ.

2. 2.
   noun

   the tree Mallotus philippensis (= Rottlera tinctoria) of Euphorbiaceae family; scarlet croton.

3. 3.
   noun

   a bright-red or slightly orange powder applied by women (other than widows) on their foreheads, as an auspicious sign and also used in worshipping a deity; vermilion powder.

4. 4.
   noun

   a disease that reduces the grains of wheat into red coloured powder.

5. 5.
   noun

   (fig.) the fortune of a woman of applying the saffron powder on her forehead as a sign of her husband being alive, considered as the most auspicious thing by the Hindu women.

6. 6.
   noun

   a person who is the pride of the society.

7. 7.
   noun

   ಕುಂಕುಮ ಹಚ್ಚು kuŋkuma haccu to apply saffron powder on the forehead; 2. (fig.) to bind (a girl) by a promise of marriage.

ವ್ಯುತ್ಪತ್ತಿ ನಿಘಂಟು (Učida & Rajapurohit)

1. 1.
   n.

   (colour) red powder of vermilion applied by Indian women to their forehead

ಕಿಟ್ಟೆಲ್ ನಿಘಂಟು

1. 1.

   = ಕುಂಕುವ saffron, Crocus sativus L., the plant and the pollen of the flowers. ಕುಂಕುಮದ ಹೂವು (ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರ, ರಕ್ತ Nn. 126). ಕುಂಕುಮ ಕೆಮ್ಪಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಸಮ್ಪಿಗೆಯ ವರ್ಣವೇ (Prv.). 2, a kind of fragrant cosmetic (My.); crimsoned saffron-powder applied by women to their foreheads as a sign of their husband being alive (My.).

ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು ನಿಘಂಟು

1. 1.

   1. ಒಂದು ಜಾತಿಯ ಗಿಡ ಮತ್ತು ಅದರ ಹೂವು.
   2. ಕುಂಕುಮ ಕೇಸರಿ.
   3. ಒಂದು ಬಗೆಯ ಮಂಗಳದ್ರವ್ಯ.