களை
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See also: கிளி
Tamil[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Cognate with Telugu కలుపు (kalupu)
Noun[edit]
களை • (kaḷai)
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
களை • (kaḷai)
- (transitive) to weed, pull up, pluck out
- to remove, expel, separate, extirpate (as a disease), shave, moult
- to strip or take off (as clothes or ornaments)
- to exterminate (as a family or foe), to kill, destroy
- to soften, melt
- to wash or cleanse
- to tie, fasten (as a tuft of hair)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of களை (kaḷai)
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
களை • (kaḷai)
Noun[edit]
களை • (kaḷai)
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
களை • (kaḷai)
- a division of the moon
- beauty, splendour, glow, lustre
- the element of time-measure which specifies the various sub-divisions of akṣara- kālam, one of ten tāḷa-p-pirāṇam
See also[edit]
- தாளப்பிராணம் (tāḷappirāṇam)
References[edit]
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “களை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press