கிளை
Tamil edit
Pronunciation edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From களை (kaḷai).
Verb edit
கிளை • (kiḷai)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
கிளை • (kiḷai)
- (intransitive) to ramify, branch out
- to multiply, increase in number
- to be close, to throng, crowd, grow thick or close, as the beard, boughs, herbage, grain
- to come into being, appear
- to abound, be copious
- (transitive) to dig up, to stir, scratch up (as fowls)
- to root up (as pigs)
- to burrow into (as rats)
- to excavate
Noun edit
கிளை • (kiḷai)
- branch, bough
- sprout, shoot, bud
- bouquet, bunch of flowers
- kindred, relations
- section, division
- class, group, herd, flock, shoal, company, family, horde, race
- bamboo
- a kind of flute
- (music) the fifth note in the gamut
Derived terms edit
- கிளைஞர் (kiḷaiñar)
- கிளைநதி (kiḷainati)
- கிளைநரம்பு (kiḷainarampu)
- கிளைப்பு (kiḷaippu)
- கிளைப்பெயர் (kiḷaippeyar)
- கிளைமை (kiḷaimai)
- கிளையடுப்பு (kiḷaiyaṭuppu)
- கிளையிதழ் (kiḷaiyitaḻ)
- கிளைவழி (kiḷaivaḻi)
- கிளைவிடு (kiḷaiviṭu)
- கிளைவிளக்கு (kiḷaiviḷakku)
References edit
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “கிளை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press