தீர்
Tamil
editEtymology
editThis etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate with Malayalam തീരുക (tīruka), തീർക്കുക (tīṟkkuka).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editதீர் • (tīr)
- to solve, resolve, settle (a problem or dispute)
- to finish, do away with
- to come to an end, cease
- to pay off, clear (a debt)
- to terminate, finish
- to remove, relieve
- to exhaust, use up
- to expire, end, vanish
Conjugation
editIntransitive
editConjugation of தீர் (tīr)
Transitive
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References
edit- Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “தீர்”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House
- S. Ramakrishnan (1992) “தீர்”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [1]