The Alar dictionary corpus is a free and open source Kannada - English dictionary created by V. Krishna. It has over 150,000 Kannada entries and over 240,000 English definitions. Read the full story here.
The data is licensed under ODC-OdBL (c) V. Krishna.
The corpus is available as a searchable dictionary on https://alar.ink.
The corpus is a single YAML file. Each entry is in the following format.
- id: 59 # Orignal ID of the entry
head: ಅ # Alphabet / first letter of the entry word.
entry: ಅಂಕಪರದೆ # Entry Word.
phone: aŋka parade # Phonetic notation.
origin: ""
info: ""
defs:
- id: 335427
entry: the curtain used to pull down at the end of a scene or act, in a play.
type: noun
- id: 211623
entry: (fig.) the end of or an action bringing an end to, an event or an occasion;
type: noun
- id: 336691
entry: ಅಂಕಪರದೆಯೇಳು aŋkaparadeyēḷu (the performance of a dramatic act) to start (as on the stage).
type: noun
- id: 237657
entry: (fig.) (a new phase of action, style, etc.) to commence; ಅಂಕಪರದೆಬೀಳು aŋkaparade bīḷu to come to an end; 2. to cause to end.
type: nounODC-ODbL