s. m. (A.), ) Attachment, dependence, connection, relation, affinity; concern, interest; part, reference; intercourse; a province, division (of territory), district, parish; a tenure, an estate, a manor; business:—aláke dár, s. m. The person who becomes responsible for the payment of a village rate:—aláká or aláke dárí, s. f. Responsibility for the payment of a village rate:—aláká rakkhṉá, v. n. To be connected (with), to be dependent (on), to be related (to); to have to do (with), to have concern or interest (in).