See செய்வினை on Wiktionary
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"source": "declension",
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"form": "செய்வினைகளால்",
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"lang": "Tamil",
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"pos": "noun",
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"english": "Experts (literally, “The person(s) doing the work”) have the expertise\nGet that expertise by knowing him inside out.",
"ref": "c. 300 BCE–500 CE, Tiruvalluvar, “வினைசெயல் வகை [The method of Action]”, in Tirukkural, Kural 677:",
"roman": "ceyviṉai ceyvāṉ ceyaṉmuṟai avviṉai\nuḷḷaṟivāṉ uḷḷam koḷal.",
"text": "செய்வினை செய்வான் செயன்முறை அவ்வினை\nஉள்ளறிவான் உள்ளம் கொளல்.",
"translation": "Experts (literally, “The person(s) doing the work”) have the expertise\nGet that expertise by knowing him inside out.",
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"english": "\"If someone believes that their health and career have been ruined by (someone's) sorcery, it is necessary to seek psychiatric treatment. They need to understand that if everyone in the world was busy cursing each other, no one would be able to live.\"",
"ref": "2025 July 16, “மந்திரம் பெயரில் மோசடி [mantiram peyaril mōcaṭi]”, in BBC Tamil, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2025:",
"roman": "mantiram peyaril mōcaṭi",
"text": "\"ஒருவர், தனக்கு செய்வினை வைத்ததால் உடல்நலனும் தொழிலும் கெட்டுவிட்டதாக நம்பினால், அதற்கு மனநல ரீதியாக சிகிச்சை எடுப்பது அவசியம். உலகில் ஒருவருக்கொருவர் செய்வினை வைத்துக்கொண்டே சென்றால் யாராலும் வாழ முடியாது என்பதை புரிய வைக்க வேண்டும்\"",
"translation": "\"If someone believes that their health and career have been ruined by (someone's) sorcery, it is necessary to seek psychiatric treatment. They need to understand that if everyone in the world was busy cursing each other, no one would be able to live.\"",
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},
{
"form": "செய்வினைகளுடன்",
"roman": "ceyviṉaikaḷuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "செய்வினையால்",
"roman": "ceyviṉaiyāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "செய்வினைகளால்",
"roman": "ceyviṉaikaḷāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "செய்வினையிலிருந்து",
"roman": "ceyviṉaiyiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "செய்வினைகளிலிருந்து",
"roman": "ceyviṉaikaḷiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "செய்வினை • (ceyviṉai)",
"name": "ta-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ta-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Tamil terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
8
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
45,
49
]
],
"english": "Experts (literally, “The person(s) doing the work”) have the expertise\nGet that expertise by knowing him inside out.",
"ref": "c. 300 BCE–500 CE, Tiruvalluvar, “வினைசெயல் வகை [The method of Action]”, in Tirukkural, Kural 677:",
"roman": "ceyviṉai ceyvāṉ ceyaṉmuṟai avviṉai\nuḷḷaṟivāṉ uḷḷam koḷal.",
"text": "செய்வினை செய்வான் செயன்முறை அவ்வினை\nஉள்ளறிவான் உள்ளம் கொளல்.",
"translation": "Experts (literally, “The person(s) doing the work”) have the expertise\nGet that expertise by knowing him inside out.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"work, undertaking"
],
"links": [
[
"work",
"work"
],
[
"undertaking",
"undertaking"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "தொழில்"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"karma"
],
"links": [
[
"karma",
"karma"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "கருமம்"
},
{
"word": "வினை"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Tamil terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
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[
16,
24
],
[
151,
159
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
82,
89
],
[
201,
208
]
],
"english": "\"If someone believes that their health and career have been ruined by (someone's) sorcery, it is necessary to seek psychiatric treatment. They need to understand that if everyone in the world was busy cursing each other, no one would be able to live.\"",
"ref": "2025 July 16, “மந்திரம் பெயரில் மோசடி [mantiram peyaril mōcaṭi]”, in BBC Tamil, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2025:",
"roman": "mantiram peyaril mōcaṭi",
"text": "\"ஒருவர், தனக்கு செய்வினை வைத்ததால் உடல்நலனும் தொழிலும் கெட்டுவிட்டதாக நம்பினால், அதற்கு மனநல ரீதியாக சிகிச்சை எடுப்பது அவசியம். உலகில் ஒருவருக்கொருவர் செய்வினை வைத்துக்கொண்டே சென்றால் யாராலும் வாழ முடியாது என்பதை புரிய வைக்க வேண்டும்\"",
"translation": "\"If someone believes that their health and career have been ruined by (someone's) sorcery, it is necessary to seek psychiatric treatment. They need to understand that if everyone in the world was busy cursing each other, no one would be able to live.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"witchcraft, sorcery"
],
"links": [
[
"witchcraft",
"witchcraft"
],
[
"sorcery",
"sorcery"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "பில்லி"
},
{
"word": "சூனியம்"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"ta:Grammar"
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "செயப்பாட்டுவினை"
}
],
"glosses": [
"verb in the active voice"
],
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"verb",
"verb"
],
[
"active voice",
"active voice"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(grammar) verb in the active voice"
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕɛjʋɪnɐɪ̯/"
},
{
"ipa": "[sɛjʋɪnɐɪ̯]"
},
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],
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],
"word": "செய்வினை"
}
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