Mattirai, M膩ttirai: 1 definition
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: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMattirai (喈喁嵿喈苦喁�) noun < 惭腻诲谤墨. See 喈喈む瘝喈む喈班. [mathiri.]
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Mattirai (喈喁嵿喈苦喁�) noun < 厂耻尘颈迟谤腻. A wife of Da艣aratha. See 喈氞瘉喈喈む瘝喈む喈班瘓. (喈喈脆瘝喈瘝喈喈｀喁嵿喁� 喈喈┼喈瘝喈喈畷喈班喈む) [sumithirai. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
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M膩ttirai (喈喈む瘝喈む喈班瘓) noun < 尘腻迟谤腻.
1. Moment, measure of time = 鈪� of a second = 鹿鈦勨倖鈧� 苍腻岣籭办补颈; 喈曕喈瘝喈瘚喈む瘉. 喈氞畷喈瘋喈┼瘝喈编瘉喈瘖喈班瘝 喈喈む瘝喈む喈班瘓 喈喈班瘝喈曕瘝喈曕瘉 喈瘑喈權瘝喈曕喁� 喈曕喁嵿喈掂喈距喁� [kanappothu. sagamunrumor mathirai parkku mengal kannavanar] (喈む喈班瘉喈ㄠ疯喈编瘝喈编喁嵿喈距喈� [thirunurrandathi] 25).
2. The time of winking one鈥檚 eyes or of snapping one鈥檚 fingers; 喈曕喁嵿喈苦喁堗喁嵿喈侧瘝 喈呧喁嵿喈む瘉 喈曕瘓喈ㄠ瘝 喈ㄠ瘖喈熰喈む瘝喈む喈赤喈距 喈曕喈侧喁�. 喈曕喁嵿喈苦喁� 喈ㄠ瘖喈熰喈瘑喈� 喈掂喁嵿喁� 喈喈む瘝喈む喈班瘓 [kannimaithal allathu kain nodithalalavana kalam. kannimai nodiyena vavve mathirai] (喈む瘖喈侧瘝. 喈庎喁佮喁�. [thol. ezhuth.] 6).
3. (Pros.) Mora or prosodial unit of sound; 喈氞瘑喈瘝喈瘉喈赤喈侧瘝 喈掂喁佮喁� 喈庎喁佮喁嵿喁娻喈苦喈� 喈┼喈掂瘉. 喈喈む瘝喈む喈班瘓 喈瘑喈脆瘉喈む瘝喈む喈喁� [seyyulil varum ezhutholiyi nalavu. mathirai yezhuthiyal] (喈む瘖喈侧瘝. 喈瘖. [thol. po.] 313).
4. Short vowel; 喈曕瘉喈编瘝喈编瘑 喈脆瘉喈む瘝喈む瘉. (喈喈脆瘝喈瘝喈喈｀喁嵿喁� 喈喈┼喈瘝喈喈畷喈班喈む) [kurre zhuthu. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
5. A syllabic instant, half of kuru; 喈曕瘉喈班瘉喈掂喈编瘝喈喈む. (喈呧喁�. 喈ㄠ.) [kuruvirpathi. (aru. ni.)]
6. Swiftness of time; 喈曕喈侧喈苦喁堗喁�. (喈喈权瘝喈曕喈曕喁嵿疅喁�) [kalaviraivu. (pingalagandu)]
7. Measure, limit, as of time; 喈呧喈掂瘉. 喈喈む瘝喈む喈班瘓喈喈┼瘝喈编 喈ㄠ疅喈曕瘝喈曕瘉喈瘒喈侧瘝 [alavu. mathiraiyinri nadakkumel] (喈ㄠ喈侧疅喈苦喈距喁� [naladiyar], 242).
8. Minute portion of space; 喈喈曕畾喁� 喈氞瘉喈班瘉喈曕瘝喈曕喈距 喈囙疅喈瘝. 喈呧喁� 喈喈む瘝喈む喈班瘓喈 喈侧疅喈權瘝喈曕瘉 喈疅喈� [migas surukkamana idam. arai mathiraiyi ladangu madi] (喈む瘒喈掂喈班喁� [thevaram] 970, 7).
9. Medicinal pill; 喈曕瘉喈赤喈曕瘓. (喈呧喁�. 喈ㄠ.) [kuligai. (aru. ni.)]
10. Staff, water-bowl and other articles of ascetics; 喈む瘉喈编喈苦喈苦喁� 喈む喁嵿疅喈曕喈｀瘝喈熰 喈瘉喈む喈苦 喈瘖喈班瘉喈赤瘝喈曕喁�. 喈氞喁嵿喈距畾喈苦畷喈赤瘝 . . . 喈喈む瘝喈む喈班瘓 喈む瘖喈熰畷喁嵿畷喈喈┼喈编瘝喈编瘓喈曕瘝 喈曕瘓喈喈侧瘒 喈曕瘋喈熰畷喁嵿畷喁娻喁嵿疅喁� 喈む喈班 喈掂喈班瘝喈曕喈距喈苦喁嵿喁� [thuraviyin thandagamandala muthaliya porulkal. sanyasigal . . . mathirai thodakkamanavarraig kaiyile kudakkondu thiri varkalayirru] (喈堗疅喁�-喈瘉喈瘝喈喁嵿喈距喁佮喈苦喈瘝喈疅喈� [idu-muppatharuyirappadi], 4, 8, 4).
11. Luck, fortune; 喈喈曕瘝喈曕喈喁�. (喈喈脆瘝喈瘝喈喈｀喁嵿喁� 喈喈┼喈瘝喈喈畷喈班喈む) [pakkiyam. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
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M膩ttirai (喈喈む瘝喈む喈班瘓) noun < 尘腻迟谤腻.
1. An ear-ornament; 喈曕喈む喈苦喈曕瘓. 喈氞瘑喈瘝喈瘖喈┼瘝 喈喈む瘝喈む喈班瘓 喈氞瘑喈班瘈喈囙 喈曕喈む喈┼喁� [kathanivagai. sembon mathirai seriiya kathinar] (喈瘑喈班瘉喈权瘝喈曕喁� 喈畷喈�. [perungathai magatha.] 17, 157)
2. (Music) Interval in the musical scale; quarter-tone; 喈囙畾喁堗畾喁嵿畾喁佮喈瘝 喈畷喁佮喈�. (喈む喈掂.) [isaichurap paguthi. (thiva.)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Starts with: Mattiraicci, Mattiraiccurukkam, Mattiraiccutakam, Mattiraikkol, Mattiraimaintar, Mattiraivaruttanam.
Full-text (+37): Cokiracamattirai, Joki-rasamattirai, Jyeshtamattirai, Elatimattirai, Iracamattirai, Ati-miruttiyatimattirai, Mattiraiccutakam, Pu-patimattirai, Kanishtamattirai, Cintamanimattirai, Pairavamattirai, Tirimattirai, Cankumattirai, Mattiraikkol, Kattumattirai, Tanmattirai, Mattiraiccurukkam, Mattiraivaruttanam, Mattiraimaintar, Varttikam.
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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
A review of anti 鈥� cancer drugs for linga puttru in siddha literatures < [2019: Volume 8, January issue 1]
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