அணை

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• IPA^(key): /ɐɳɐɪ̯/

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அணை • (aṇai)

1. (intransitive) to lie down

   Synonym: படு (paṭu)

2. to be extinguished

   Synonym: அவி (avi)

3. to be born

   Synonym: பிற (piṟa)

4. (transitive) to approach, come near

   Synonym: சார் (cār)

5. to touch, come into contact with

   Synonym: பொருந்து (poruntu)

6. to copulate with

   Synonym: புணர் (puṇar)

Causative of the verb above.

அணை • (aṇai)

1. (transitive) to join, put close to (as soil to a tree)

   Synonym: அணையச்செய் (aṇaiyaccey)

2. to embrace, hold, clasp in the arms

   Synonym: தழுவு (taḻuvu)

3. to tie, fasten

   Synonym: கட்டு (kaṭṭu)

4. to quench, extinguish, turn off

   Synonym: அவி (avi)

5. to tie up in a bunch

   Synonym: கூட்டிமுடி (kūṭṭimuṭi)

6. to produce

   Synonym: உண்டாக்கு (uṇṭākku)

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அணை • (aṇai)

1. embankment, bund, dam, ridge for retaining water in a field

   Synonym: அணைக்கட்டு (aṇaikkaṭṭu)

2. hindrance, obstacle

   Synonym: தடை (taṭai)

3. riverbank, seashore

   Synonym: நீர்க்கரை (nīrkkarai)

4. causeway, bridge

   Synonym: சேது (cētu)

5. support, prop, buttress

   Synonym: முட்டு (muṭṭu)

6. coition

   Synonym: புணர்ச்சி (puṇarcci)

7. protection, help, accessoriness to a crime

   Synonym: உதவி (utavi)

8. a yoke of oxen (with an ordinal number prefixed)

   ஓரணை, ஈரணை

   ōraṇai, īraṇai

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அணை • (aṇai)

1. raised seat, couch

   Synonym: ஆசனம் (ācaṉam)

2. cushion, mattress

   Synonym: மெத்தை (mettai)

3. bed, place to sleep

   Synonym: துயிலிடம் (tuyiliṭam)

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