அணி

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Tamil

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Tamil 𑀅𑀡𑀺 (aṇi). Cognate with Malayalam അണി (aṇi).

Noun

அணி • (aṇi)

  1. embellishment, decoration
    Synonym: ஒப்பனை (oppaṉai)
  2. beauty
    Synonym: அழகு (aḻaku)
  3. ornament, jewel
    Synonym: ஆபரணம் (āparaṇam)
  4. face
    Synonym: முகம் (mukam)
  5. greatness
    Synonym: பெருமை (perumai)
  6. array of an army, division of an army
    Synonym: படைவகுப்பு (paṭaivakuppu)
  7. goodness, pleasantness
    Synonym: இனிமை (iṉimai)
  8. love
    Synonym: அன்பு (aṉpu)
  9. order, regularity, row
    Synonym: வரிசை (varicai)
  10. rhetoric
    Synonym: அணியிலக்கணம் (aṇiyilakkaṇam)
  11. figure of speech
    Synonym: செய்யுளணி (ceyyuḷaṇi)
  12. assembly, gathering
    Synonym: கூட்டம் (kūṭṭam)
  13. mechanic's tool

Particle

அணி • (aṇi)

  1. (an adjectival word of comparison)

Verb

அணி • (aṇi)

  1. to wear
    Synonyms: பூணு (pūṇu), போடு (pōṭu)
  2. (intransitive) to be beautiful
    Synonym: அழகா (aḻakā)
  3. to be an ornament
    ஐயிரு திசையினு மணிந்து செல்வன
    aiyiru ticaiyiṉu maṇintu celvaṉa
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    (Tamil Skanda Purana, Deivam, 65)
  4. (transitive) to adorn
    Synonym: அலங்கரி (alaṅkari)
  5. to describe in embellished language
    Synonym: வர்ணி (varṇi)
  6. to join with
    Synonym: பொருந்து (poruntu)
  7. to put in array (as an army)
    Synonym: படைவகு (paṭaivaku)
  8. to surround
    Synonym: சூழ் (cūḻ)
Conjugation
Conjugation of அணி (aṇi)

Etymology 2

From அண்ணு (aṇṇu).

Adverb

அணி • (aṇi)

  1. near

References

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “அணி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press
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