கட்டை
Tamil
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ardhamagadhi Prakrit कट्ठ (kaṭṭha), from Sanskrit काष्ठ (kāṣṭha).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]கட்டை • (kaṭṭai)
- firewood
- funeral pyre
- block, stump, piece of timber
- stake
- wooden float of a big sea-fishing net
- body
- corpse
- that which is short, low, dwarfish; that which is diminished or worn-out by use
- deficiency in length or in breadth, insufficiency
- (colloquial) defect, imperfection, lowness (as price), inferiority
- (colloquial) refuse or residuum of grains after pounding or sifting
- roughness of thr beard after shaving
- shortness of stature
- (music) flatting (as a defect of singing)
- the key-note in the harmonium
- dam across a stream
- brick-built structure in the shape of a pillow constructed along the length of a pial in an Indian dwelling house
- mile
- copper core
References
[edit]- University of Madras (1924–1936) “கட்டை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press