சாய்

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕaːj/,

Cognate with Malayalam ചായുക (cāyuka). Compare Sanskrit चय् (cay).

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சாய் • (cāy)

1. to incline, hang down

   Synonym: கவிழ் (kaviḻ)

2. to decline (as a heavenly body)
3. to bend, turn down

   Synonym: வளை (vaḷai)

4. to recline, lie down

   Synonym: சயனி (cayaṉi)

5. to march, in crowds
6. to give away, break

   Synonym: முறி (muṟi)

7. to be routed; flee
8. to be partial, biassed
9. to decline from a direct course; deviate

   Synonym: ஒதுங்கு (otuṅku)

10. to lean

    Synonym: சார் (cār)

11. to happen, succeed

    Synonym: நடந்தேறு (naṭantēṟu)

Compare Sanskrit क्षय (kṣayá).

சாய் • (cāy)

1. (intransitive) to be fatigued, grow weary

   Synonym: தளர் (taḷar)

2. to be troubled; afflicted

   Synonym: வருந்து (varuntu)

3. to grow thin, emaciated

   Synonym: மெலி (meli)

4. to get dried up (as a channel)

   Synonym: வற்று (vaṟṟu)

5. to be ruined; perish

   Synonym: அழி (aḻi)

Causative of சாய் (cāy). Compare Sanskrit चय् (cay).

சாய் • (cāy)

1. (transitive) to cause to incline, bend or stoop
2. to turn in a new direction
3. to steer shoreward (as a vessel)
4. to prejudice
5. to destroy, mar or spoil

   Synonym: கெடு (keṭu)

6. to discomfit, defeat
7. to break off

   Synonym: முறி (muṟi)

8. to prove, establish
9. to finish, bring to a successful issue
10. (colloquial) to give in abundance

Borrowed from Sanskrit छाया (chāyā́).

சாய் • (cāy)

1. brilliance, light

   Synonym: ஒளி (oḷi)

2. beauty

   Synonym: அழகு (aḻaku)

3. colour

   Synonym: நிறம் (niṟam)

4. fame, reputation

   Synonym: புகழ் (pukaḻ)

Perhaps from Sanskrit शर (śara).

சாய் • (cāy)

1. sedge
2. splinter

   Synonym: செறும்பு (ceṟumpu)

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “சாய்-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press
• University of Madras (1924–1936) “சாய்-த்தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press
• University of Madras (1924–1936) “சாய்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press