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தகர்

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Tamil

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Malayalam തകരുക (takaruka).

Verb

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தகர் (takar) (intransitive)

  1. to be broken into pieces; shattered, demolished
    Synonyms: நொறுங்கு (noṟuṅku), உடை (uṭai)
  2. to be crushed
    Synonym: நெரி (neri)
  3. to be scattered, as the ranks of an army
    Synonym: சிதறு (citaṟu)
  4. to be breached, as a dam, a bank
    Synonym: அழி (aḻi)
  5. to be uprooted
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Causative of the above. Cognate with Malayalam തകർക്കുക (takaṟkkuka).

Verb

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தகர் (takar) (transitive)

  1. to break to pieces
    Synonym: நொறுக்கு (noṟukku)
  2. to break the ranks of an army, defeat, rout
    Synonym: சிதறடி (citaṟaṭi)
  3. to ruin, destroy
    Synonym: அழி (aḻi)
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