களை
See also: கிளி
Tamil
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editCognate with Telugu కలుపు (kalupu)
Noun
editகளை • (kaḷai)
Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
editகளை • (kaḷai)
- (transitive) to weed, pull up, pluck out
- to remove, expel, separate, extirpate (as a disease), shave, moult
- to strip or take off (as clothes or ornaments)
- to exterminate (as a family or foe), to kill, destroy
- to soften, melt
- to wash or cleanse
- to tie, fasten (as a tuft of hair)
Conjugation
editConjugation of களை (kaḷai)
Etymology 3
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
editகளை • (kaḷai)
Noun
editகளை • (kaḷai)
Etymology 4
editNoun
editகளை • (kaḷai)
- a division of the moon
- beauty, splendour, glow, lustre
- the element of time-measure which specifies the various sub-divisions of akṣara- kālam, one of ten tāḷa-p-pirāṇam
See also
edit- தாளப்பிராணம் (tāḷappirāṇam)
References
edit- University of Madras (1924–1936) “களை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press