Tamil

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Kannada ಮುರಿ (muri).

Verb

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முரி (muri) (intransitive)

  1. to break off, snap off
  2. to perish, be ruined
  3. to be scattered
  4. to go wrong
  5. to be defeated
  6. to separate, leave
  7. to lose one's position
  8. to be spoiled
  9. to bend
  10. to lack in strength, be gentle
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Causative of முரி (muri). Cognate with Telugu మురియు (muriyu).

Verb

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முரி (muri) (transitive)

  1. to break off, snap off
  2. to ruin
  3. to defeat
  4. to manage (as a business)
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Etymology 3

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Cognate with Telugu మురి (muri), Malayalam മുറി (muṟi).

Noun

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முரி (muri)

  1. piece, bit, half
  2. broken rice
  3. anything short or dwarfish
  4. scratch, blemish
  5. curve, bend
  6. written bond
  7. (music) the closing section of a musical composition
  8. the curitakam at the close of a poem in nāṭaka-t-tamiḻ

References

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  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “முரி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
  • Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “முரி”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House