வேறு

• வேற (vēṟa) — Spoken Tamil

Cognate with Malayalam വേറ് (vēṟŭ), Telugu వేఱు (vēṟu).

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːrʊ/, [ʋeːrɯ]

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வேறு • (vēṟu)

1. other, different thing
2. class, kind
3. enmity, opposition
4. that which is special or distinct, that which is distinguished
5. evil

வேறு • (vēṟu)

1. other, different

   வேற லெவல் (Spoken Tamil) ― vēṟa leval ― awesome (literally, “(on) a different level”)

2. foreign

   Synonym: அயல் (ayal)

3. else (preceding an interrogative or indefinite pronoun)

   வேறு யார் வந்தார்கள்? ― vēṟu yār vantārkaḷ? ― Who else came?

   நான் வேறு ஒன்றும் செய்வதில்லை. ― nāṉ vēṟu oṉṟum ceyvatillai. ― I don't do anything else.

   • 2025, Vivek, “Kannadi Poove”, in Retro (soundtrack)‎^[1]:

     உன்னோட நான் ஒன்னாக வேணும் / வேற எதுவும் வேணாண்டி

     uṉṉōṭa nāṉ oṉṉāka vēṇum / vēṟa etuvum vēṇāṇṭi

     I want to become one with you / I don't want anything else

வேறு • (vēṟu)

1. also, in addition (usually placed after a noun/pronoun or sentence-finally)

   அவன் வேறு வந்தான். ― avaṉ vēṟu vantāṉ. ― He also came.

• University of Madras (1924–1936), “வேறு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• Johann Philipp Fabricius (1779), “வேறு”, in A Malabar and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House; republished as Tamil and English Dictionary, 1972