நிமிர்

Tamil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n̪ɪmɪɾ/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Kannada ನಿಮಿರು (nimiru), Malayalam നിവരുക (nivaruka), Tulu ನಿಮುರುನಿ (nimuruni).

Alternative forms

Verb

நிமிர் • (nimir)[1] (intransitive)

  1. to straighten, become straight
    Synonym: உயர் (uyar)
  2. to raise or hold the head erect
    Synonym: அண்ணா (aṇṇā)
  3. to be outstretched, as the arm
    Synonym: நீளு (nīḷu)
  4. to grow tall; to increase in height; to shoot up
    Synonym: வளர் (vaḷar)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • நிமிர்ச்சி (nimircci)
  • நிமிர்வு (nimirvu)

Etymology 2

Causative of the above. Cognate with Malayalam നിവർക്കുക (nivaṟkkuka).

Verb

நிமிர் • (nimir)[2][3]

  1. synonym of நிமிர்த்து (nimirttu)
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ University of Madras (1924–1936), “நிமிர்-தல், நிமிரு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
  2. ^ Johann Philipp Fabricius (1779), “நிமிர்”, in A Malabar and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House; republished as Tamil and English Dictionary, 1972
  3. ^ Miron Winslow (1862), “நிமிர்க்க”, in A comprehensive Tamil and English dictionary of high and low Tamil, Madras: P. R. Hunt

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