ஏறு

• IPA^(key): /eːrʊ/, [eːrɯ]

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Compare Kannada ಏರು (ēru), Malayalam ഏറുക (ēṟuka) and Tulu ಏರು (ēru).

ஏறு • (ēṟu)

1. (intransitive) to go up, as the eyebrows, in anger

   Synonym: உயர் (uyar)

2. (intransitive) to scale, rise, go up, ascend, as the heavenly bodies; to mount, climb
3. (intransitive) to abound in number, weight, measure; to increase in price, quality

   Synonym: மிகு (miku)

4. (intransitive) to enter, to penetrate; to run into, as a thorn
5. (intransitive) to be laden, as cargo

   மூட்டைகள் கப்பலில் ஏறின.

   mūṭṭaikaḷ kappalil ēṟiṉa.

   The bundles were loaded into the ship.

6. (intransitive) to spread; to be diffused, as poison

   Synonym: பரவு (paravu)

   நஞ்சு ஏறுகிறது ― nañcu ēṟukiṟatu ― The poison is spreading

7. (intransitive) to get high
8. (intransitive) to become possessed
9. (intransitive) to grow

   Synonym: வளர் (vaḷar)

   பயிர் ஏறிவிட்டது ― payir ēṟiviṭṭatu ― The crops have grown

10. (intransitive) to terminate

    Synonym: முற்றுப்பெறு (muṟṟuppeṟu)

11. (intransitive) to settle, to be domiciled

    Synonym: குடியேறு (kuṭiyēṟu)

12. (transitive) to climb
13. (transitive) to cross, pass over

    Synonym: கட (kaṭa)

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ēṯu (“ox, bull”); compare the above verb.^[1] Cognate with Brahui اَرے (are), Malayalam ഏറ് (ēṟŭ).

ஏறு • (ēṟu)

1. height

   Synonym: உயரம் (uyaram)

2. bull

   Synonym: எருது (erutu)

3. males of certain animals

ஏறு • (ēṟu)

1. (astrology) Taurus
2. (Hinduism) Nandi

From எறி (eṟi, “to throw”).

ஏறு • (ēṟu)

1. throw
2. beating, as of a drum
3. pouncing upon, as an eagle
4. stroke, as of a sword; sting, as of a scorpion
5. destruction
6. thunderbolt

   Synonym: இடி (iṭi)

7. scar (due to something thrown)

   Synonym: வடு (vaṭu)

ஏறு • (ēṟu)

1. (obsolete) a kind of tree

• “ஏறு”, in அகராதி: தமிழ் → ஆங்கில அகரமுதலி [Agarathi: Tamil → English Dictionary], 2023
• University of Madras (1924–1936), “ஏறு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press