a, Light, not heavy; unimportant, of little value or esteem; poor, not fertile (land); low; cheap, low-priced; mean; also see Halkáiá—halká hoṉá, v. n. To become or feel light; to be abated, or mitigated, to be freed from an obligation or responsibility; to lower or humiliate oneself:—halká karná, v. a. To lighten (a load); to abate, to reduce; to lower (in one's eyes), to disgrace:—halkí khurák, s. f. Light food:—halká phulká, a. Light as a feather:—halkápaṉ, halkápuṉá, s. f. Lightness; shallowness, insignificance.