பாழ்

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Tamil

Etymology

Cognate with Malayalam പാഴ് (pāḻŭ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

பாழ் • (pāḻ)

  1. desolation, devastation, ruin
    Synonym: நாசம் (nācam)
  2. damage, waste, loss
    Synonym: நட்டம் (naṭṭam)
  3. corruption, decay, putrifaction
    Synonym: கெடுதி (keṭuti)
  4. baseness, wretchedness, evil
    Synonym: இழிவு (iḻivu)
  5. that which is ugly or graceless
    Synonym: அந்தக்கேடு (antakkēṭu)
  6. profitlessness, uselessness
    Synonym: வீண் (vīṇ)
  7. emptiness, barrenness, inanity
    Synonym: வெறுமை (veṟumai)
  8. non-existence, nothingness
    Synonym: இன்மை (iṉmai)
  9. vacuity
  10. barren land
    Synonym: விளையாநிலம் (viḷaiyānilam)
  11. fault
    Synonym: குற்றம் (kuṟṟam)
  12. vast expanse of space
    Synonym: ஆகாயம் (ākāyam)
  13. (Hinduism) primordial matter (as the cause of the manifest universe)
    Synonym: மூலப்பிரகிருதி (mūlappirakiruti)
  14. the soul
    Synonym: புருடன் (puruṭaṉ)

References

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