கலை

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Tamil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɐlɐɪ̯/
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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit कला (kalā), itself from Dravidian (cf. கல் (kal).

Noun

கலை (kalai)

  1. art
  2. learning, erudition
  3. brightness, splendor
  4. language
  5. treatise, book
Declension
ai-stem declension of கலை (kalai)
Singular Plural
Nominative கலை
kalai
கலைகள்
kalaikaḷ
Vocative கலையே
kalaiyē
கலைகளே
kalaikaḷē
Accusative கலையை
kalaiyai
கலைகளை
kalaikaḷai
Dative கலைக்கு
kalaikku
கலைகளுக்கு
kalaikaḷukku
Genitive கலையுடைய
kalaiyuṭaiya
கலைகளுடைய
kalaikaḷuṭaiya
Singular Plural
Nominative கலை
kalai
கலைகள்
kalaikaḷ
Vocative கலையே
kalaiyē
கலைகளே
kalaikaḷē
Accusative கலையை
kalaiyai
கலைகளை
kalaikaḷai
Dative கலைக்கு
kalaikku
கலைகளுக்கு
kalaikaḷukku
Benefactive கலைக்காக
kalaikkāka
கலைகளுக்காக
kalaikaḷukkāka
Genitive 1 கலையுடைய
kalaiyuṭaiya
கலைகளுடைய
kalaikaḷuṭaiya
Genitive 2 கலையின்
kalaiyiṉ
கலைகளின்
kalaikaḷiṉ
Locative 1 கலையில்
kalaiyil
கலைகளில்
kalaikaḷil
Locative 2 கலையிடம்
kalaiyiṭam
கலைகளிடம்
kalaikaḷiṭam
Sociative 1 கலையோடு
kalaiyōṭu
கலைகளோடு
kalaikaḷōṭu
Sociative 2 கலையுடன்
kalaiyuṭaṉ
கலைகளுடன்
kalaikaḷuṭaṉ
Instrumental கலையால்
kalaiyāl
கலைகளால்
kalaikaḷāl
Ablative கலையிலிருந்து
kalaiyiliruntu
கலைகளிலிருந்து
kalaikaḷiliruntu
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

கலை (kalai) (intransitive)

  1. to become or be strewn or messy
  2. to disperse
  3. to be disordered
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Causative of the verb above.

Verb

கலை (kalai) (transitive)

  1. to strew
  2. to disorder
Conjugation

References

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “கலை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press
  • Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “கலை”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House