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कव्वा kawwā, कौवा kauwā, or कौआ kau`ā[Prk. काअऽो; S. काक+कः; cf. also S. कारवः], s.m. (f. -ī) A crow:—kawwā-parī, s.f. 'Crow-fairy,' a very black woman:—kauwā-ṭheṅthī, s.f. The flower of Clitoria ternatea:—kauwā-ḍoṅḍī(S. kāka+tuṇḍī), s.f. A species of Agallochum;—the plant Abrus precatorius:—kawwe-uṛānī, s.f. lit.'One who scares crows'; a disgraced woman; a woman set to mean offices:—kawwe-kānishāsta, lit.'Crow's starch'; a kind of arrowroot.
Origin: Hindi