തേൾ

See also: താൾ and തോൾ

Malayalam

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *tēḷ. Cognate with Kannada ಚೇಳು (cēḷu), Tamil தேள் (tēḷ), Telugu తేలు (tēlu) and Brahui تیڷ (tēļ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪eːɭ/

Noun

തേൾ • (tēḷ)

A scorpion

1. scorpion; Any of the various arthropods in the arachnid order Scorpiones, characterised by the presence of two pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting.

Declension

Declension of തേൾ

	singular	plural
nominative	തേൾ (tēḷ)	തേളുകൾ (tēḷukaḷ)
vocative	തേളേ (tēḷē)	തേളുകളേ (tēḷukaḷē)
accusative	തേളിന് (tēḷinŭ)	തേളുകൾക്ക് (tēḷukaḷkkŭ)
dative	തേളിനെ (tēḷine)	തേളുകളെ (tēḷukaḷe)
genitive	തേളിന്റെ (tēḷinṟe)	തേളുകളുടെ (tēḷukaḷuṭe)
locative	തേളിൽ (tēḷil)	തേളുകളിൽ (tēḷukaḷil)
sociative	തേളിനോട് (tēḷinōṭŭ)	തേളുകളോട് (tēḷukaḷōṭŭ)
instrumental	തേളിനാൽ (tēḷināl)	തേളുകളാൽ (tēḷukaḷāl)

Derived terms

• കരിന്തേൾ (karintēḷ)
• തേൾവിഷം (tēḷviṣaṁ)

References

• Gundert, Hermann (1872) “tēḷ”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
• Warrier, M. I. (2008) “തേൾ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “tēḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/56627/
• https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%87%E0%B5%BE