அறு

Tamil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐrʊ/, [ɐrɯ]

Etymology 1

    Cognate with Malayalam അറുക (aṟuka). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

    Verb

    அறு • (aṟu) (intransitive)

    1. to be severed, to break
      Synonym: இறு (iṟu)
    2. to cease, become extinct, perish
    3. to be decided, settled
      Synonym: தீர் (tīr)
    4. to abide, dwell
      Synonym: தங்கு (taṅku)
    5. (rare) to make friends
    6. to go to ruin
      Synonym: பாழா (pāḻā)
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    Etymology 2

      Causative of the above. Cognate with Brahui ہرنگ (harriṅg), Malayalam അറുക്കുക (aṟukkuka).

      Verb

      அறு • (aṟu) (transitive)

      1. to part, put asunder, break off, cut off, separate, reap
        Synonyms: அரி (ari), வெட்டு (veṭṭu), நறுக்கு (naṟukku)
      2. to sever, cleave, cut in two
        Synonyms: துண்டி (tuṇṭi), ஊடறு (ūṭaṟu), நறுக்கு (naṟukku)
      3. to root out, exterminate
      4. to burrow
        Synonym: தோண்டு (tōṇṭu)
      5. to mould (as bricks)
      6. to digest
        Synonym: ஜீரணி (jīraṇi)
      7. to outdo, excel
        Synonyms: வெல் (vel), சிற (ciṟa)
      8. to determine, resolve, decide, settle
        Synonyms: முடிவெடு (muṭiveṭu), தீர்மானி (tīrmāṉi)
      9. to remove, obviate, break
        Synonyms: நீக்கு (nīkku), அகற்று (akaṟṟu)
      10. to distribute
        Synonym: பங்கிடு (paṅkiṭu)
      11. to tease, worry
        Synonym: வருத்து (varuttu)
        கழுத்தை அறுக்கிறாய்!
        kaḻuttai aṟukkiṟāy!
        You're stressing me out! (literally: You're cutting my throat!)
      12. (intransitive, colloquial) to become a widow (as cutting the tāli)
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      Etymology 3

      Tamil numbers (edit)
      [a], [b] ←  5
      6
      7  → 
          Cardinal: ஆறு (āṟu)
          Ordinal: ஆறாவது (āṟāvatu), ஆறாம் (āṟām)
          Adjectival: அறு (aṟu)

      Contraction of ஆறு (āṟu).[1]

      Adjective

      அறு • (aṟu) (in compounds)

      1. six
        அறுவர்aṟuvarSix people
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      References

      1. ^ Johann Philipp Fabricius (1779), “அறு”, in A Malabar and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House; republished as Tamil and English Dictionary, 1972
      • University of Madras (1924–1936), “அறு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
      • University of Madras (1924–1936), “அறு-த்தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
      • அறு”, in அகராதி: தமிழ் → ஆங்கில அகரமுதலி [Agarathi: Tamil → English Dictionary], 2023