பருவம்

Tamil

Etymology

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Noun

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

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