"கரை" meaning in Tamil

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Noun

IPA: /kaɾai/ Forms: karai [romanization]
Etymology: Cognate with Telugu కర (kara), Kannada ಕರೆ (kare), Malayalam കര (kara). Etymology templates: {{cog|te|కర}} Telugu కర (kara), {{cog|kn|ಕರೆ}} Kannada ಕರೆ (kare), {{cog|ml|കര}} Malayalam കര (kara) Head templates: {{ta-noun}} கரை • (karai)
  1. shore
    Sense id: en-கரை-ta-noun-qj~xIk~6
  2. bank
    Sense id: en-கரை-ta-noun-Q4HcKrFC
  3. bound, limit
    Sense id: en-கரை-ta-noun-O6eq38wY
  4. ridge of a field
    Sense id: en-கரை-ta-noun-3jn2hs4D
  5. border, hem
    Sense id: en-கரை-ta-noun-67296liF Categories (other): Tamil terms with redundant script codes, Tamil verbs of conjugation 2, Tamil verbs of conjugation 6 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 3 3 3 3 41 3 3 3 16 24 Disambiguation of Tamil verbs of conjugation 2: 3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32 Disambiguation of Tamil verbs of conjugation 6: 3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32
  6. side, proximity
    Sense id: en-கரை-ta-noun-2DELt-tD
  7. place
    Sense id: en-கரை-ta-noun-gd9jWAzJ
  8. word
    Sense id: en-கரை-ta-noun-mMHrTuk0
  9. large division of co-parcenary land in a village consisting of dry and wet lands and garden fields
    Sense id: en-கரை-ta-noun-PLeb5YSY Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil verbs of conjugation 2, Tamil verbs of conjugation 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 2 2 9 2 2 2 68 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 2 2 9 2 2 2 68 7 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 2 27 2 2 2 44 16 Disambiguation of Tamil verbs of conjugation 2: 3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32 Disambiguation of Tamil verbs of conjugation 6: 3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: ஆற்றங்கரை (āṟṟaṅkarai), கடற்கரை (kaṭaṟkarai), கரைகண்டவன் (karaikaṇṭavaṉ), கரைக்கட்டு (karaikkaṭṭu), கரைக்கூறுசெய்வார் (karaikkūṟuceyvār), கரைதிறன் (karaitiṟaṉ), கரைபிடி (karaipiṭi), கரைபிடித்தோடு (karaipiṭittōṭu), கரைபுரள் (karaipuraḷ), கரைபோடு (karaipōṭu), கரைப்பங்கு (karaippaṅku), கரைப்படு (karaippaṭu), கரைப்பாதை (karaippātai), கரைப்பு (karaippu), கரைப்போக்கு (karaippōkku), கரைமடி (karaimaṭi), கரைமரஞ்சேர் (karaimarañcēr), கரைமானியம் (karaimāṉiyam), கரையாத்திரை (karaiyāttirai), கரையாளன் (karaiyāḷaṉ), கரையீடு (karaiyīṭu), கரையேறு (karaiyēṟu), கரையேற்றம் (karaiyēṟṟam), கரையேற்று (karaiyēṟṟu), கரையோரம் (karaiyōram), கரைவலை (karaivalai), கறை (kaṟai), கறையான் (kaṟaiyāṉ), குளக்கரை (kuḷakkarai), குளத்தங்கரை (kuḷattaṅkarai)

Verb

IPA: /kaɾai/ Forms: karai [romanization]
Head templates: {{ta-verb}} கரை • (karai)
  1. to dissolve
    Sense id: en-கரை-ta-verb-YMypvEaH Categories (other): Tamil verbs of conjugation 2, Tamil verbs of conjugation 6 Disambiguation of Tamil verbs of conjugation 2: 3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32 Disambiguation of Tamil verbs of conjugation 6: 3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "āṟṟaṅkarai",
      "word": "ஆற்றங்கரை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kaṭaṟkarai",
      "word": "கடற்கரை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaikaṇṭavaṉ",
      "word": "கரைகண்டவன்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaikkaṭṭu",
      "word": "கரைக்கட்டு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaikkūṟuceyvār",
      "word": "கரைக்கூறுசெய்வார்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaitiṟaṉ",
      "word": "கரைதிறன்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaipiṭi",
      "word": "கரைபிடி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaipiṭittōṭu",
      "word": "கரைபிடித்தோடு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaipuraḷ",
      "word": "கரைபுரள்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaipōṭu",
      "word": "கரைபோடு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaippaṅku",
      "word": "கரைப்பங்கு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaippaṭu",
      "word": "கரைப்படு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaippātai",
      "word": "கரைப்பாதை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaippu",
      "word": "கரைப்பு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaippōkku",
      "word": "கரைப்போக்கு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaimaṭi",
      "word": "கரைமடி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaimarañcēr",
      "word": "கரைமரஞ்சேர்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaimāṉiyam",
      "word": "கரைமானியம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaiyāttirai",
      "word": "கரையாத்திரை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaiyāḷaṉ",
      "word": "கரையாளன்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaiyīṭu",
      "word": "கரையீடு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaiyēṟu",
      "word": "கரையேறு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaiyēṟṟam",
      "word": "கரையேற்றம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaiyēṟṟu",
      "word": "கரையேற்று"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaiyōram",
      "word": "கரையோரம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "karaivalai",
      "word": "கரைவலை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kaṟai",
      "word": "கறை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kaṟaiyāṉ",
      "word": "கறையான்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kuḷakkarai",
      "word": "குளக்கரை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kuḷattaṅkarai",
      "word": "குளத்தங்கரை"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "కర"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu కర (kara)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ಕರೆ"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ಕರೆ (kare)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "കര"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam കര (kara)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Telugu కర (kara), Kannada ಕರೆ (kare), Malayalam കര (kara).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "karai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shore"
      ],
      "id": "en-கரை-ta-noun-qj~xIk~6",
      "links": [
        [
          "shore",
          "shore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bank"
      ],
      "id": "en-கரை-ta-noun-Q4HcKrFC",
      "links": [
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bound, limit"
      ],
      "id": "en-கரை-ta-noun-O6eq38wY",
      "links": [
        [
          "bound",
          "bound"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ridge of a field"
      ],
      "id": "en-கரை-ta-noun-3jn2hs4D",
      "links": [
        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 3 41 3 3 3 16 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil verbs of conjugation 2",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil verbs of conjugation 6",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "border, hem"
      ],
      "id": "en-கரை-ta-noun-67296liF",
      "links": [
        [
          "border",
          "border"
        ],
        [
          "hem",
          "hem"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "side, proximity"
      ],
      "id": "en-கரை-ta-noun-2DELt-tD",
      "links": [
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "proximity",
          "proximity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "place"
      ],
      "id": "en-கரை-ta-noun-gd9jWAzJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "word"
      ],
      "id": "en-கரை-ta-noun-mMHrTuk0",
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 2 2 9 2 2 2 68 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 2 2 9 2 2 2 68 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 2 2 27 2 2 2 44 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil verbs of conjugation 2",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil verbs of conjugation 6",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "large division of co-parcenary land in a village consisting of dry and wet lands and garden fields"
      ],
      "id": "en-கரை-ta-noun-PLeb5YSY",
      "links": [
        [
          "co-parcenary",
          "parcenary"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɾai/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "கரை"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "karai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "ta-verb"
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  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil verbs of conjugation 2",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 3 31 3 3 3 18 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil verbs of conjugation 6",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to dissolve"
      ],
      "id": "en-கரை-ta-verb-YMypvEaH",
      "links": [
        [
          "dissolve",
          "dissolve"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɾai/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "கரை"
}
{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil nouns",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
    "Tamil verbs",
    "Tamil verbs of conjugation 2",
    "Tamil verbs of conjugation 6"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "āṟṟaṅkarai",
      "word": "ஆற்றங்கரை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kaṭaṟkarai",
      "word": "கடற்கரை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaikaṇṭavaṉ",
      "word": "கரைகண்டவன்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaikkaṭṭu",
      "word": "கரைக்கட்டு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaikkūṟuceyvār",
      "word": "கரைக்கூறுசெய்வார்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaitiṟaṉ",
      "word": "கரைதிறன்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaipiṭi",
      "word": "கரைபிடி"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaipiṭittōṭu",
      "word": "கரைபிடித்தோடு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaipuraḷ",
      "word": "கரைபுரள்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaipōṭu",
      "word": "கரைபோடு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaippaṅku",
      "word": "கரைப்பங்கு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaippaṭu",
      "word": "கரைப்படு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaippātai",
      "word": "கரைப்பாதை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaippu",
      "word": "கரைப்பு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaippōkku",
      "word": "கரைப்போக்கு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaimaṭi",
      "word": "கரைமடி"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaimarañcēr",
      "word": "கரைமரஞ்சேர்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaimāṉiyam",
      "word": "கரைமானியம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaiyāttirai",
      "word": "கரையாத்திரை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaiyāḷaṉ",
      "word": "கரையாளன்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaiyīṭu",
      "word": "கரையீடு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaiyēṟu",
      "word": "கரையேறு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaiyēṟṟam",
      "word": "கரையேற்றம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaiyēṟṟu",
      "word": "கரையேற்று"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaiyōram",
      "word": "கரையோரம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karaivalai",
      "word": "கரைவலை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kaṟai",
      "word": "கறை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kaṟaiyāṉ",
      "word": "கறையான்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuḷakkarai",
      "word": "குளக்கரை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuḷattaṅkarai",
      "word": "குளத்தங்கரை"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
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        "2": "కర"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu కర (kara)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ಕರೆ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "കര"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam കര (kara)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Telugu కర (kara), Kannada ಕರೆ (kare), Malayalam കര (kara).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "karai",
      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "கரை • (karai)",
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  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shore"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shore",
          "shore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bank"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bound, limit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bound",
          "bound"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ridge of a field"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "border, hem"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "border",
          "border"
        ],
        [
          "hem",
          "hem"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "side, proximity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "proximity",
          "proximity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "place"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "word"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "large division of co-parcenary land in a village consisting of dry and wet lands and garden fields"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "co-parcenary",
          "parcenary"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɾai/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "கரை"
}

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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
    "Tamil verbs",
    "Tamil verbs of conjugation 2",
    "Tamil verbs of conjugation 6"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "karai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "கரை • (karai)",
      "name": "ta-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to dissolve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dissolve",
          "dissolve"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɾai/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "கரை"
}

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