See also: கிளி

Tamil edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Cognate with Telugu కలుపు (kalupu)

Noun edit

களை (kaḷai)

  1. branch, weed, an unwanted element amidst those wanted
  2. defect, fault

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb edit

களை (kaḷai)

  1. (transitive) to weed, pull up, pluck out
  2. to remove, expel, separate, extirpate (as a disease), shave, moult
  3. to strip or take off (as clothes or ornaments)
  4. to exterminate (as a family or foe), to kill, destroy
  5. to soften, melt
  6. to wash or cleanse
  7. to tie, fasten (as a tuft of hair)
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb edit

களை (kaḷai)

  1. (intransitive) to be fatigued or exhausted, to be languid, flag, faint, swoon

Noun edit

களை (kaḷai)

  1. weariness, exhaustion

Etymology 4 edit

From Sanskrit कला (kalā).

Noun edit

களை (kaḷai)

  1. a division of the moon
  2. beauty, splendour, glow, lustre
  3. the element of time-measure which specifies the various sub-divisions of akṣara- kālam, one of ten tāḷa-p-pirāṇam

See also edit

References edit

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “களை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press