எச்சரி

Tamil

Etymology

Cognate with Kannada ಎಚ್ಚರಿಸು (eccarisu), Telugu ఎచ్చరిన్చు (eccarincu). Probably related to எழு (eḻu), எழுச்சி (eḻucci), எட்சி (eṭci).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛt͡ɕːɐɾɪ/, [ɛt͡ɕːɐɾi]

Verb

எச்சரி • (eccari) (transitive)

  1. to caution, warn, forewarn
    திருடர் நடமாட்டங்களைக் குறித்து காவல்துறையினர் எச்சரித்தனர்.
    tiruṭar naṭamāṭṭaṅkaḷaik kuṟittu kāvaltuṟaiyiṉar eccarittaṉar.
    The police warned of the thieves' activities.

Conjugation

Conjugation of எச்சரி (eccari)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “eccarikkai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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