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Etymology
Compare Malayalam അളക്കുക (aḷakkuka), Tamil அள (aḷa).
Verb
அளி (aḷi)
- to measure
- to weigh
- to judge
Tamil
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
அளி • (aḷi)
- to give, provide
- to offer, gift, bestow
- to grant
- to preserve, protect
Conjugation
Noun
அளி • (aḷi)
- love
- clemency, grace
- desire
- gift, present, alms
- civility, politeness
- one who is kind
- poverty, wretchedness
- unripe fruit
- bee, beetle
- honey, ale
Derived terms
References
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “அளி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press
- Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “அளி”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House