See also: அழி and அலி

Betta Kurumba edit

Etymology edit

Compare Malayalam അളക്കുക (aḷakkuka), Tamil அள (aḷa).

Verb edit

அளி (aḷi)

  1. to measure
  2. to weigh
  3. to judge

Tamil edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

அளி (aḷi)

  1. to give, provide
  2. to offer, gift, bestow
  3. to grant
  4. to preserve, protect

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

அளி (aḷi)

  1. love
  2. clemency, grace
  3. desire
  4. gift, present, alms
  5. civility, politeness
  6. one who is kind
  7. poverty, wretchedness
  8. unripe fruit
  9. bee, beetle
  10. honey, ale

Derived terms edit

References edit

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