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Tamil
Etymology
Cognate with Malayalam കൊടി (koṭi).
Pronunciation
Noun
கொடி • (koṭi)
- banner, flag, standard, streamer
- Synonyms: துவசம் (tuvacam), பதாகை (patākai)
கொடியுங் கவரியும்- koṭiyuṅ kavariyum
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- இந்தியாவின் கொடி ― intiyāviṉ koṭi ― India's flag
- creeper, climber
- Synonym: படர்கொடி (paṭarkoṭi)
நுடங்கு கொடி மருங்கின்- nuṭaṅku koṭi maruṅkiṉ
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- clothesline, clothes-post
- Ceylon leadwort
- Synonym: சித்திரமூலம் (cittiramūlam)
- umbilical cord
- gold string or chain for a woman's neck
- gold or silver thread worn around a person's waist
- rope or pole of a well-sweep
- fine streaks of red capillary veins, as in the eye
- orderliness
- Synonym: ஒழுங்கு (oḻuṅku)
- length
- Synonym: நீளம் (nīḷam)
பழன வெதிரின் கொடிப்பிணை யலளே- paḻaṉa vetiriṉ koṭippiṇai yalaḷē
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- a small branch-channel
- a channel for carrying off the surplus water from a reservoir
ஏரியிலிருந்து வழியும் நீரைக் கொண்டு செல்லும் வாய்க்கால்- ēriyiliruntu vaḻiyum nīraik koṇṭu cellum vāykkāl
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- kite, paper kite
- Synonym: காற்றாடி (kāṟṟāṭi)
- Yama's ensign, an inauspicious yoga
- the descending node
- Synonym: கேது (kētu)
- crow
- east
- Synonym: கிழக்குத்திசை (kiḻakkutticai)
கொடிக்கொண்ட கோடையால்- koṭikkoṇṭa kōṭaiyāl
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- side-oven
- Synonym: கொடியடுப்பு (koṭiyaṭuppu)
- the 23rd nakshatra
- Synonym: அவிட்டம் (aviṭṭam)
Declension
Descendants
- → Sinhalese: කොඩිය (koḍiya)
References
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “கொடி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press