தூ

Tamil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪uː/

Etymology 1

Cognate with Malayalam തൂ (tū). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

தூ • (tū)

1. purity, cleanliness, immaculateness
2. that which is pure
3. brightness, whiteness

Etymology 2

Cognate with Malayalam തുവ (tuva), Gondi సవి (savi), Brahui سُو (sū).(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• தூவு (tūvu), துவை (tuvai), துவ்வை (tuvvai)
• ஊ (ū) — possibly

Noun

தூ • (tū)

1. meat
2. feather
3. staff
4. hostility

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “தூ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]