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petrify meaning in Kannada

ಕಲ್ಲಾಗು

/ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/

petrify in Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲಾಗು, ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗು, ಮರಗಟ್ಟು, ಮರವೆಗೊಳ್ಳು. In English, petrify means to turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.

Kannada words for petrify

ಕಲ್ಲಾಗು, ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗು, ಮರಗಟ್ಟು, ಮರವೆಗೊಳ್ಳು, ಶಿಲೆಯಾಗು, ಮರಗಟ್ಟಿಸು

English meaning of petrify

  1. verb To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
  2. verb To produce rigidity akin to stone.
  3. verb To immobilize with fright.
  4. verb To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.

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Questions about petrify in Kannada

What is the meaning of petrify in Kannada?
Petrify in Kannada is ಕಲ್ಲಾಗು, ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗು, ಮರಗಟ್ಟು, ಮರವೆಗೊಳ್ಳು.
petrify ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Petrify: ಕಲ್ಲಾಗು, ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗು, ಮರಗಟ್ಟು, ಮರವೆಗೊಳ್ಳು.
What does petrify mean in English?
Petrify means to turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: petrify (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: petrify (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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