"மசிர்" meaning in Tamil

See மசிர் in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɐt͡ɕɪɾ/, [mɐsɪɾ]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *smoḱru Sanskrit श्मश्रु (śmaśru)bor. Tamil மசிர் (macir) Borrowed from Sanskrit श्मश्रु (śmaśru). Doublet of மயிர் (mayir). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ta|:bor|sa:श्मश्रु<id:beard>|id=hair|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *smoḱru Sanskrit श्मश्रु (śmaśru)bor. Tamil மசிர் (macir) Borrowed from Sanskrit श्मश्रु (śmaśru)., {{dbt|ta|மயிர்}} Doublet of மயிர் (mayir) Head templates: {{ta-noun}} மசிர் • (macir) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl}} Forms: macir [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], மசிர் [nominative, singular], மசிர்கள் [nominative, plural], மசிரே [singular, vocative], மசிர்களே [plural, vocative], மசிரை [accusative, singular], மசிர்களை [accusative, plural], மசிருக்கு [dative, singular], மசிர்களுக்கு [dative, plural], மசிருக்காக [benefactive, singular], மசிர்களுக்காக [benefactive, plural], மசிருடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மசிர்களுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மசிரின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மசிர்களின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மசிரில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மசிர்களில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மசிரிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மசிர்களிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மசிரோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மசிர்களோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மசிருடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மசிர்களுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மசிரால் [instrumental, singular], மசிர்களால் [instrumental, plural], மசிரிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], மசிர்களிலிருந்து [ablative, plural], மசுரு [alternative, Tamil, colloquial]
  1. (somewhat vulgar) hair Tags: vulgar
    Sense id: en-மசிர்-ta-noun-TcIVm7oF Categories (other): Hair Disambiguation of Hair: 92 8
  2. (obsolete) Bermuda grass Tags: obsolete Synonyms: அறுகு, அறுகம்புல்
    Sense id: en-மசிர்-ta-noun-l-imahKl Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Tamil entries with etymology texts, Tamil entries with etymology trees, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil terms with redundant script codes, Cynodonteae tribe grasses Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 8 92 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with etymology texts: 8 92 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with etymology trees: 8 92 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Cynodonteae tribe grasses: 11 89
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        "1": "ta",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "sa:श्मश्रु<id:beard>",
        "id": "hair",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *smoḱru\nSanskrit श्मश्रु (śmaśru)bor.\nTamil மசிர் (macir)\nBorrowed from Sanskrit श्मश्रु (śmaśru).",
      "name": "etymon"
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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *smoḱru\nSanskrit श्मश्रु (śmaśru)bor.\nTamil மசிர் (macir)\nBorrowed from Sanskrit श्मश्रु (śmaśru). Doublet of மயிர் (mayir).",
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      "form": "macir",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்கள்",
      "roman": "macirkaḷ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரே",
      "roman": "macirē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "மசிர்களே",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "மசிர்களை",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிருக்கு",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களுக்கு",
      "roman": "macirkaḷukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிருக்காக",
      "roman": "macirukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களுக்காக",
      "roman": "macirkaḷukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "மசிருடைய",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "roman": "macirkaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களின்",
      "roman": "macirkaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரில்",
      "roman": "maciril",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களில்",
      "roman": "macirkaḷil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரிடம்",
      "roman": "maciriṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களிடம்",
      "roman": "macirkaḷiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரோடு",
      "roman": "macirōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களோடு",
      "roman": "macirkaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிருடன்",
      "roman": "maciruṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களுடன்",
      "roman": "macirkaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரால்",
      "roman": "macirāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களால்",
      "roman": "macirkaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "maciriliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "macirkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசுரு",
      "roman": "macuru",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Tamil",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "மசிர் • (macir)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "ta:Hair",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "hair"
      ],
      "id": "en-மசிர்-ta-noun-TcIVm7oF",
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat vulgar) hair"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
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          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Cynodonteae tribe grasses",
          "orig": "ta:Cynodonteae tribe grasses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "Bermuda grass"
      ],
      "id": "en-மசிர்-ta-noun-l-imahKl",
      "links": [
        [
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          "Bermuda grass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Bermuda grass"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "அறுகு"
        },
        {
          "word": "அறுகம்புல்"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐt͡ɕɪɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐsɪɾ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "மசிர்"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Tamil doublets",
    "Tamil entries with etymology texts",
    "Tamil entries with etymology trees",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil nouns",
    "Tamil terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "Tamil terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Tamil terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
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      "args": {
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      "form": "macir",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்கள்",
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        "plural"
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        "vocative"
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    },
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      "form": "மசிர்களே",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "மசிரை",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "மசிர்களை",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "மசிருக்கு",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களுக்கு",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிருக்காக",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களுக்காக",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிருடைய",
      "roman": "maciruṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களுடைய",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரின்",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களின்",
      "roman": "macirkaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரில்",
      "roman": "maciril",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களில்",
      "roman": "macirkaḷil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரிடம்",
      "roman": "maciriṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களிடம்",
      "roman": "macirkaḷiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரோடு",
      "roman": "macirōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களோடு",
      "roman": "macirkaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிருடன்",
      "roman": "maciruṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களுடன்",
      "roman": "macirkaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரால்",
      "roman": "macirāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களால்",
      "roman": "macirkaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிரிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "maciriliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசிர்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "macirkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மசுரு",
      "roman": "macuru",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Tamil",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "மசிர் • (macir)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tamil vulgarities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hair"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat vulgar) hair"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tamil terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Bermuda grass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Bermuda grass",
          "Bermuda grass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Bermuda grass"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "அறுகு"
        },
        {
          "word": "அறுகம்புல்"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐt͡ɕɪɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐsɪɾ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "மசிர்"
}

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