பருவம்

Tamil edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

பருவம் (paruvam) (plural பருவங்கள்)

  1. season, time, term, period
  2. the six seasons of two months each, viz., kār, kūtir, muṉ-paṉi, piṉ-paṉi, iḷa-vēṉil, mutu-vēṉil
  3. month
  4. age, period of life
  5. suitable time, proper time, opportunity
  6. year
  7. youthfulness, juvenility
  8. fruit-bearing period
  9. various stages of life in males and females
  10. knots, nodes or joints in humans or plants
  11. chapter of a book
  12. state of things, position, circumstance
  13. degree, rate, proportion
  14. eminence, elevation
  15. time of the sun's entering a new sign of the zodiac
  16. (hinduism) the five religious ceremoial days in each fortnight, viz. piratamai, aṣṭami, navami, piratōṣam, amāvācai, or paurṇami

References edit

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