Derived from തിരു (tiru, “to turn”).[1] Cognate with Tamil திரை (tirai).
- IPA(key): /t̪iɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: തി‧ര
- Rhymes: -ɐ
തിര • (tira)[1][2]
- wave, billow
- Synonym: തിരമാല (tiramāla)
- roll
- curtain
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(curtain):
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gundert, Hermann (1872) “തിര”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co., page 453
- ^ Warrier, M. I. (2008) “തിര”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books, page 516