கிளை

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Tamil

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From களை (kaḷai).

Verb

கிளை • (kiḷai)

  1. (transitive) to remove, purge
  2. to wash, (as rice)
  3. to put off (as garments)
  4. to pry out

Etymology 2

Verb

கிளை • (kiḷai)

  1. (intransitive) to ramify, branch out
  2. to multiply, increase in number
  3. to be close, to throng, crowd, grow thick or close, as the beard, boughs, herbage, grain
  4. to come into being, appear
  5. to abound, be copious
  6. (transitive) to dig up, to stir, scratch up (as fowls)
  7. to root up (as pigs)
  8. to burrow into (as rats)
  9. to excavate

Noun

கிளை • (kiḷai)

  1. branch, bough
  2. sprout, shoot, bud
  3. bouquet, bunch of flowers
  4. kindred, relations
  5. section, division
  6. class, group, herd, flock, shoal, company, family, horde, race
  7. bamboo
  8. a kind of flute
  9. (music) the fifth note in the gamut
Derived terms

References

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