"செம்" meaning in Tamil

See செம் in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /t͡ɕɛm/, [sɛm] Forms: cem [romanization], செவ் [alternative], செய் [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Dravidian *kem. Etymology templates: {{inh|ta|dra-pro|*kem}} Proto-Dravidian *kem Head templates: {{ta-adj}} செம் • (cem), {{tlb|ta|exclusively in compounds}} (exclusively in compounds)
  1. adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)
    red
    Synonyms: சிவந்த, சிவத்த
    Sense id: en-செம்-ta-adj-ZzgU1iip
  2. adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)
    straight, regular, correct
    Sense id: en-செம்-ta-adj-QyeBuxBH
  3. adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)
    good, elegant, beautiful
    Sense id: en-செம்-ta-adj-mPRwbL~c
  4. adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)
    refined, classical
    Sense id: en-செம்-ta-adj-j8rPnj3I Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 11 13 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 7 81 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 7 78 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 17 17 17 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: செங் (ceṅ), செந் (cen) [in-compounds]
Derived forms: செங்கந்தகம் (ceṅkantakam), செங்கல் (ceṅkal), செங்களம் (ceṅkaḷam), செங்கழுநீர் (ceṅkaḻunīr), செங்காடை (ceṅkāṭai), செங்கிழங்கு (ceṅkiḻaṅku), செங்குத்து (ceṅkuttu), செங்கோல் (ceṅkōl), செந்தமிழ் (centamiḻ), செந்துருக்கம் (centurukkam), செந்நாய் (cennāy), செந்நீர் (cennīr), செம்பட்டை (cempaṭṭai), செம்பருத்தி (cemparutti), செம்பு (cempu), செம்புற்று (cempuṟṟu), செம்மஞ்சள் (cemmañcaḷ), செம்மணல் (cemmaṇal), செம்மண் (cemmaṇ), செம்மறி (cemmaṟi), செம்மீன் (cemmīṉ), செம்முள்ளி (cemmuḷḷi), செம்மை (cemmai), செம்மொழி (cemmoḻi)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "ceṅkantakam",
      "word": "செங்கந்தகம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "ceṅkal",
      "word": "செங்கல்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "ceṅkaḷam",
      "word": "செங்களம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "ceṅkaḻunīr",
      "word": "செங்கழுநீர்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "ceṅkāṭai",
      "word": "செங்காடை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "ceṅkiḻaṅku",
      "word": "செங்கிழங்கு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "ceṅkuttu",
      "word": "செங்குத்து"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "ceṅkōl",
      "word": "செங்கோல்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "centamiḻ",
      "word": "செந்தமிழ்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "centurukkam",
      "word": "செந்துருக்கம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cennāy",
      "word": "செந்நாய்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cennīr",
      "word": "செந்நீர்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cempaṭṭai",
      "word": "செம்பட்டை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cemparutti",
      "word": "செம்பருத்தி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cempu",
      "word": "செம்பு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cempuṟṟu",
      "word": "செம்புற்று"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cemmañcaḷ",
      "word": "செம்மஞ்சள்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cemmaṇal",
      "word": "செம்மணல்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cemmaṇ",
      "word": "செம்மண்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cemmaṟi",
      "word": "செம்மறி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cemmīṉ",
      "word": "செம்மீன்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cemmuḷḷi",
      "word": "செம்முள்ளி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cemmai",
      "word": "செம்மை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cemmoḻi",
      "word": "செம்மொழி"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*kem"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *kem",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Dravidian *kem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "செவ்",
      "roman": "cev",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "செய்",
      "roman": "cey",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "செம் • (cem)",
      "name": "ta-adj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "exclusively in compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "(exclusively in compounds)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "ceṅ",
      "word": "செங்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25",
      "roman": "cen",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ],
      "word": "செந்"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)",
        "red"
      ],
      "id": "en-செம்-ta-adj-ZzgU1iip",
      "links": [
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          "adjectival",
          "adjectival"
        ],
        [
          "செம்மை",
          "செம்மை#Tamil"
        ],
        [
          "red",
          "red"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "சிவந்த"
        },
        {
          "word": "சிவத்த"
        }
      ]
    },
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              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Perpendicularity",
          "roman": "ceṅkuttu",
          "text": "செங்குத்து",
          "translation": "Perpendicularity",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)",
        "straight, regular, correct"
      ],
      "id": "en-செம்-ta-adj-QyeBuxBH",
      "links": [
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          "adjectival",
          "adjectival"
        ],
        [
          "செம்மை",
          "செம்மை#Tamil"
        ],
        [
          "straight",
          "straight"
        ],
        [
          "regular",
          "regular"
        ],
        [
          "correct",
          "correct"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)",
        "good, elegant, beautiful"
      ],
      "id": "en-செம்-ta-adj-mPRwbL~c",
      "links": [
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          "adjectival",
          "adjectival"
        ],
        [
          "செம்மை",
          "செம்மை#Tamil"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "elegant",
          "elegant"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "11 11 13 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 7 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 8 7 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 17 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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              0,
              3
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Refined Tamil",
          "roman": "centamiḻ",
          "text": "செந்தமிழ்",
          "translation": "Refined Tamil",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)",
        "refined, classical"
      ],
      "id": "en-செம்-ta-adj-j8rPnj3I",
      "links": [
        [
          "adjectival",
          "adjectival"
        ],
        [
          "செம்மை",
          "செம்மை#Tamil"
        ],
        [
          "refined",
          "refined"
        ],
        [
          "classical",
          "classical"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕɛm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɛm]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "செம்"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Tamil adjectives",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil terms derived from Proto-Dravidian",
    "Tamil terms inherited from Proto-Dravidian",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ceṅkantakam",
      "word": "செங்கந்தகம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ceṅkal",
      "word": "செங்கல்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ceṅkaḷam",
      "word": "செங்களம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ceṅkaḻunīr",
      "word": "செங்கழுநீர்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ceṅkāṭai",
      "word": "செங்காடை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ceṅkiḻaṅku",
      "word": "செங்கிழங்கு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ceṅkuttu",
      "word": "செங்குத்து"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ceṅkōl",
      "word": "செங்கோல்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "centamiḻ",
      "word": "செந்தமிழ்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "centurukkam",
      "word": "செந்துருக்கம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cennāy",
      "word": "செந்நாய்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cennīr",
      "word": "செந்நீர்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cempaṭṭai",
      "word": "செம்பட்டை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cemparutti",
      "word": "செம்பருத்தி"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cempu",
      "word": "செம்பு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cempuṟṟu",
      "word": "செம்புற்று"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cemmañcaḷ",
      "word": "செம்மஞ்சள்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cemmaṇal",
      "word": "செம்மணல்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cemmaṇ",
      "word": "செம்மண்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cemmaṟi",
      "word": "செம்மறி"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cemmīṉ",
      "word": "செம்மீன்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cemmuḷḷi",
      "word": "செம்முள்ளி"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cemmai",
      "word": "செம்மை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cemmoḻi",
      "word": "செம்மொழி"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*kem"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *kem",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Dravidian *kem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "செவ்",
      "roman": "cev",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "செய்",
      "roman": "cey",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "செம் • (cem)",
      "name": "ta-adj"
    },
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        "1": "ta",
        "2": "exclusively in compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "(exclusively in compounds)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "ceṅ",
      "word": "செங்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cen",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ],
      "word": "செந்"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)",
        "red"
      ],
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          "adjectival"
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          "செம்மை",
          "செம்மை#Tamil"
        ],
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          "red",
          "red"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "சிவந்த"
        },
        {
          "word": "சிவத்த"
        }
      ]
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Perpendicularity",
          "roman": "ceṅkuttu",
          "text": "செங்குத்து",
          "translation": "Perpendicularity",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)",
        "straight, regular, correct"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adjectival",
          "adjectival"
        ],
        [
          "செம்மை",
          "செம்மை#Tamil"
        ],
        [
          "straight",
          "straight"
        ],
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          "regular",
          "regular"
        ],
        [
          "correct",
          "correct"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)",
        "good, elegant, beautiful"
      ],
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          "adjectival"
        ],
        [
          "செம்மை",
          "செம்மை#Tamil"
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        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
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        ],
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          "beautiful",
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          "english": "Refined Tamil",
          "roman": "centamiḻ",
          "text": "செந்தமிழ்",
          "translation": "Refined Tamil",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "adjectival of செம்மை (cemmai)",
        "refined, classical"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adjectival",
          "adjectival"
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        [
          "செம்மை",
          "செம்மை#Tamil"
        ],
        [
          "refined",
          "refined"
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          "classical"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕɛm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɛm]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "செம்"
}

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