அணை

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Tamil

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɐɳɐɪ̯/
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Verb

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அணை (aṇai)

  1. (intransitive) to lie down
    Synonym: படு (paṭu)
  2. to be extinguished
    Synonym: அவி (avi)
  3. to be born
    Synonym: பிற (piṟa)
  4. (transitive) to approach, come near
    Synonym: சார் (cār)
  5. to touch, come into contact with
    Synonym: பொருந்து (poruntu)
  6. to copulate with
    Synonym: புணர் (puṇar)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Causative of the verb above.

Verb

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அணை (aṇai)

  1. (transitive) to join, put close to (as soil to a tree)
    Synonym: அணையச்செய் (aṇaiyaccey)
  2. to embrace, hold, clasp in the arms
    Synonym: தழுவு (taḻuvu)
  3. to tie, fasten
    Synonym: கட்டு (kaṭṭu)
  4. to quench, extinguish, turn off
    Synonym: அவி (avi)
  5. to tie up in a bunch
    Synonym: கூட்டிமுடி (kūṭṭimuṭi)
  6. to produce
    Synonym: உண்டாக்கு (uṇṭākku)
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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அணை (aṇai)

  1. embankment, bund, dam, ridge for retaining water in a field
    Synonym: அணைக்கட்டு (aṇaikkaṭṭu)
  2. hindrance, obstacle
    Synonym: தடை (taṭai)
  3. riverbank, seashore
    Synonym: நீர்க்கரை (nīrkkarai)
  4. causeway, bridge
    Synonym: சேது (cētu)
  5. support, prop, buttress
    Synonym: முட்டு (muṭṭu)
  6. coition
    Synonym: புணர்ச்சி (puṇarcci)
  7. protection, help, accessoriness to a crime
    Synonym: உதவி (utavi)
  8. a yoke of oxen (with an ordinal number prefixed)
    ஓரணை, ஈரணை
    ōraṇai, īraṇai
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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அணை (aṇai)

  1. raised seat, couch
    Synonym: ஆசனம் (ācaṉam)
  2. cushion, mattress
    Synonym: மெத்தை (mettai)
  3. bed, place to sleep
    Synonym: துயிலிடம் (tuyiliṭam)

References

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