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Tamil
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Cognate with Malayalam ചേരുക (cēruka), Telugu చేరు (cēru) and Kannada ಸೇರು (sēru).
Verb
சேர் • (cēr)
- (intransitive) to become united, incorporated; to join together
- to become mixed, blended
- to have connection (as with a society or an institution)
- to be in close friendship or union
- to fit, suit; to be adapted to (as the tenon to the mortise)
- to be incident, co-existent; to appertain, as a quality
- to be collected, to become aggregated
- to be well-rounded, plump
- to be full, replete
- to lie down
- to exist, co-exist
- to go, advance
- (transitive) to join, associate with
- to be in contact with
- to copulate
- to belong to; to be attached to, dependent on, connected with
- to obtain, acquire
- to reach, gain, arrive at
- to unite in meditation
- to resemble, equal, correspond with
Conjugation
Conjugation of சேர் (cēr)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Causative of சேர் (cēr).
Verb
சேர் • (cēr)
- (transitive) to join, combine, unite
- to append, attach, piece together
- to admix, incorporate, amalgamate
- to cause sexual union
- to admit to one's company or party, receive into friendship or service, bring under protection or shelter
- to tie, fasten (as with a rope or chain), to secure by fastening
- to build, construct, make
- to add, interpolate, insert
- to lay plates or leaves for dinner
- to collect, gather, muster, assemble
- to aggregate; to add sum to sum; to amass (as wealth)
- to appropriate, make one's own, annex
- to restore
Conjugation
Conjugation of சேர் (cēr)
Etymology 3
From the above verbs.
Noun
சேர் • (cēr)
- roundness, plumpness, globularity
- straw-receptacle for paddy
- granary
- yoke of oxen, pair of oxen yoked together
- band joining the forelegs of a pair of cattle
- marking-nut tree
References
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “சேர்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “சேர்-த்தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “சேர்-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press