கிளை

Tamil

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /kɪɭɐɪ̯/

Etymology 1

From களை (kaḷai).

Verb

கிளை • (kiḷai)

1. (transitive) to remove, purge
2. to wash, (as rice)
3. to put off (as garments)
4. to pry out

Etymology 2

Verb

கிளை • (kiḷai)

1. (intransitive) to ramify, branch out
2. to multiply, increase in number
3. to be close, to throng, crowd, grow thick or close, as the beard, boughs, herbage, grain
4. to come into being, appear
5. to abound, be copious
6. (transitive) to dig up, to stir, scratch up (as fowls)
7. to root up (as pigs)
8. to burrow into (as rats)
9. to excavate

Noun

கிளை • (kiḷai)

1. branch, bough
2. sprout, shoot, bud
3. bouquet, bunch of flowers
4. kindred, relations
5. section, division
6. class, group, herd, flock, shoal, company, family, horde, race
7. bamboo
8. a kind of flute
9. (music) the fifth note in the gamut

Derived terms

• கிளைஞர் (kiḷaiñar)
• கிளைநதி (kiḷainati)
• கிளைநரம்பு (kiḷainarampu)
• கிளைப்பு (kiḷaippu)
• கிளைப்பெயர் (kiḷaippeyar)
• கிளைமை (kiḷaimai)
• கிளையடுப்பு (kiḷaiyaṭuppu)
• கிளையிதழ் (kiḷaiyitaḻ)
• கிளைவழி (kiḷaivaḻi)
• கிளைவிடு (kiḷaiviṭu)
• கிளைவிளக்கு (kiḷaiviḷakku)

References

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