பருவம்
Tamil
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]பருவம் • (paruvam) (plural பருவங்கள்)
- season, time, term, period
- the six seasons of two months each, viz., kār, kūtir, muṉ-paṉi, piṉ-paṉi, iḷa-vēṉil, mutu-vēṉil
- month
- age, period of life
- suitable time, proper time, opportunity
- year
- youthfulness, juvenility
- fruit-bearing period
- various stages of life in males and females
- knots, nodes or joints in humans or plants
- chapter of a book
- state of things, position, circumstance
- degree, rate, proportion
- eminence, elevation
- time of the sun's entering a new sign of the zodiac
- (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