कर्कर

{ karkarḥ, karkara }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KARKARA   A prominent serpent. See under Kadrū.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : बबूल

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. ( एखाद्या रत्‍नाच्या आंत दिसणारे ) रजःकण , रेवती ; कच . ( ध्व . खरखर )

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कर्कर  mfn.  mf( आ)n. (perhaps connected with कर्क) hard, firm, [Gīt.]; [Mālatīm.]; [Amar.]
कर्कर  m.  m. a bone, [L.]
a hammer, [L.]
कर्फर   a mirror, [L.] ( cf.)
N. of a नाग, [MBh. i, 1561]
कर्कर  mn.  mn. stone, limestone ( esp. the nodule found in Bengal under the name of Kaṅkar, [W.]), [Śatr.]
a species of date, [L.]
कर्कर   [ cf. करङ्क, शर्कर; Gk. κρόκη, κροκάλη; Lat. hallus, calx; Hib. carraice; Gael. carraig [W.] careg.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कर्करः [karkarḥ]   a.
Hard, solid.
Firm.
रः A hammer.
A mirror.
A bone, broken piece (of skull); fragment; अन्तःशीर्णकरङ्कर्करपयः [Māl.5.19.]
 m. m., n. Stone, limestone (Mar. कंकर).
A strap or rope of leather. -Comp.
-अक्षः   a wag-tail.
-अङ्गः   the Khañjana bird.
-अन्धुकः   a blind well; cf. अन्धकूप.

Shabda-Sagara

कर्कर  mfn.  ( -रः-रा-रं) Hard, firm.
 n.  ( -रं) Stone, lime-stone, espicially the nodule found in Bengal under the name of Kankar.
 m.  ( -रः) A mirror.
 f.  ( -री) A small water-jar.
E. कर्क beauty, from कर्क to smile, र from रा to give, fem. affix ङीष्.

ROOTS:

कर्क कर्क र रा ङीष्