ವಚನ

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) speaking, uttering, reciting, declaring, ordering; mentioning; naming
 * 2) a speech, word, expression, utterance, sentence, message; declaration, affirmation, promise
 * 3) pronunciation
 * 4) a text, dictum, aphorism, rule, precept, passage of a book or code
 * 5) a form of composition; prose form
 * 6)  meaning of a word
 * 7)  grammatical number