"வெள்" meaning in Tamil

See வெள் in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʋɛɭ/ Forms: veḷ [romanization], வெண் [alternative, in-compounds]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *weḷ (“white”). Compare Kannada ಬಿಳಿ (biḷi, “white”), Malayalam വെൾ (veḷ, “white”), Telugu వెలి (veli, “white”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ta|dra-pro|*weḷ||white|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Dravidian *weḷ (“white”), {{inh+|ta|dra-pro|*weḷ||white}} Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *weḷ (“white”), {{cog|kn|ಬಿಳಿ|t=white}} Kannada ಬಿಳಿ (biḷi, “white”), {{cog|ml|വെൾ|t=white}} Malayalam വെൾ (veḷ, “white”), {{cog|te|వెలి||white}} Telugu వెలి (veli, “white”) Head templates: {{ta-adj}} வெள் • (veḷ)
  1. white (colour)
    Sense id: en-வெள்-ta-adj-RbZrqyR6 Categories (other): Colors, Whites Disambiguation of Colors: 64 0 0 36 Disambiguation of Whites: 72 0 0 28
  2. pure, unadulterated Synonyms: தூய
    Sense id: en-வெள்-ta-adj-RouSnMBR
  3. blank, empty Synonyms: வெற்று
    Sense id: en-வெள்-ta-adj-0X0jljNs
  4. shining, bright Synonyms: ஒளிர்
    Sense id: en-வெள்-ta-adj-3KBnHEj1 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: 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 5 84 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 12 12 12 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: வெண்ணெய் (veṇṇey), வெண்மை (veṇmai), வெளு (veḷu), வெள்யாடு (veḷyāṭu), வெள்ளடி (veḷḷaṭi), வெள்ளம் (veḷḷam), வெள்ளரா (veḷḷarā), வெள்ளரி (veḷḷari), வெள்ளறிவு (veḷḷaṟivu), வெள்ளறுகு (veḷḷaṟuku), வெள்ளாட்டி (veḷḷāṭṭi), வெள்ளானை (veḷḷāṉai), வெள்ளாமை (veḷḷāmai), வெள்ளாம்பல் (veḷḷāmpal), வெள்ளாறு (veḷḷāṟu), வெள்ளாவி (veḷḷāvi), வெள்ளி (veḷḷi), வெள்ளிது (veḷḷitu), வெள்ளிலை (veḷḷilai), வெள்ளீரல் (veḷḷīral), வெள்ளுள்ளி (veḷḷuḷḷi), வெள்ளென (veḷḷeṉa), வெள்ளெழுத்து (veḷḷeḻuttu), வெள்ளை (veḷḷai), வெள்ளோட்டம் (veḷḷōṭṭam), வெள்வேல் (veḷvēl)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veṇṇey",
      "word": "வெண்ணெய்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veṇmai",
      "word": "வெண்மை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷu",
      "word": "வெளு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷyāṭu",
      "word": "வெள்யாடு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷaṭi",
      "word": "வெள்ளடி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷam",
      "word": "வெள்ளம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷarā",
      "word": "வெள்ளரா"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷari",
      "word": "வெள்ளரி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷaṟivu",
      "word": "வெள்ளறிவு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷaṟuku",
      "word": "வெள்ளறுகு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷāṭṭi",
      "word": "வெள்ளாட்டி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷāṉai",
      "word": "வெள்ளானை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷāmai",
      "word": "வெள்ளாமை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷāmpal",
      "word": "வெள்ளாம்பல்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷāṟu",
      "word": "வெள்ளாறு"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "veḷḷāvi",
      "word": "வெள்ளாவி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷi",
      "word": "வெள்ளி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷitu",
      "word": "வெள்ளிது"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷilai",
      "word": "வெள்ளிலை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷīral",
      "word": "வெள்ளீரல்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷuḷḷi",
      "word": "வெள்ளுள்ளி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷeṉa",
      "word": "வெள்ளென"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷeḻuttu",
      "word": "வெள்ளெழுத்து"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷai",
      "word": "வெள்ளை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷōṭṭam",
      "word": "வெள்ளோட்டம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷvēl",
      "word": "வெள்வேல்"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*weḷ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "white",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *weḷ (“white”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*weḷ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "white"
      },
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      "name": "inh+"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ಬಿಳಿ",
        "t": "white"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ಬಿಳಿ (biḷi, “white”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "വെൾ",
        "t": "white"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam വെൾ (veḷ, “white”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "వెలి",
        "3": "",
        "4": "white"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu వెలి (veli, “white”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *weḷ (“white”). Compare Kannada ಬಿಳಿ (biḷi, “white”), Malayalam വെൾ (veḷ, “white”), Telugu వెలి (veli, “white”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "veḷ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "வெண்",
      "roman": "veṇ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "64 0 0 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Colors",
          "orig": "ta:Colors",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 0 0 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Whites",
          "orig": "ta:Whites",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "white (colour)"
      ],
      "id": "en-வெள்-ta-adj-RbZrqyR6",
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pure, unadulterated"
      ],
      "id": "en-வெள்-ta-adj-RouSnMBR",
      "links": [
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ],
        [
          "unadulterated",
          "unadulterated"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "தூய"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blank, empty"
      ],
      "id": "en-வெள்-ta-adj-0X0jljNs",
      "links": [
        [
          "blank",
          "blank"
        ],
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "வெற்று"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 5 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 12 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shining, bright"
      ],
      "id": "en-வெள்-ta-adj-3KBnHEj1",
      "links": [
        [
          "shining",
          "shining"
        ],
        [
          "bright",
          "bright"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ஒளிர்"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɛɭ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "வெள்"
}
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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",
    "ta:Colors",
    "ta:Whites"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "veṇṇey",
      "word": "வெண்ணெய்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veṇmai",
      "word": "வெண்மை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷu",
      "word": "வெளு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷyāṭu",
      "word": "வெள்யாடு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷaṭi",
      "word": "வெள்ளடி"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷam",
      "word": "வெள்ளம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷarā",
      "word": "வெள்ளரா"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷari",
      "word": "வெள்ளரி"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷaṟivu",
      "word": "வெள்ளறிவு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷaṟuku",
      "word": "வெள்ளறுகு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷāṭṭi",
      "word": "வெள்ளாட்டி"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷāṉai",
      "word": "வெள்ளானை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷāmai",
      "word": "வெள்ளாமை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷāmpal",
      "word": "வெள்ளாம்பல்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷāṟu",
      "word": "வெள்ளாறு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷāvi",
      "word": "வெள்ளாவி"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷi",
      "word": "வெள்ளி"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷitu",
      "word": "வெள்ளிது"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷilai",
      "word": "வெள்ளிலை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷīral",
      "word": "வெள்ளீரல்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷuḷḷi",
      "word": "வெள்ளுள்ளி"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷeṉa",
      "word": "வெள்ளென"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷeḻuttu",
      "word": "வெள்ளெழுத்து"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷai",
      "word": "வெள்ளை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷōṭṭam",
      "word": "வெள்ளோட்டம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷvēl",
      "word": "வெள்வேல்"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
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      "name": "glossary"
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        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*weḷ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "white",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *weḷ (“white”)",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*weḷ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "white"
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      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *weḷ (“white”)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ಬಿಳಿ",
        "t": "white"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "വെൾ",
        "t": "white"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam വെൾ (veḷ, “white”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "వెలి",
        "3": "",
        "4": "white"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu వెలి (veli, “white”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *weḷ (“white”). Compare Kannada ಬಿಳಿ (biḷi, “white”), Malayalam വെൾ (veḷ, “white”), Telugu వెలి (veli, “white”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "veḷ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "வெண்",
      "roman": "veṇ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "வெள் • (veḷ)",
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  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "white (colour)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pure, unadulterated"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ],
        [
          "unadulterated",
          "unadulterated"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "தூய"
        }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "blank, empty"
      ],
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        [
          "blank",
          "blank"
        ],
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "வெற்று"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shining, bright"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shining",
          "shining"
        ],
        [
          "bright",
          "bright"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ஒளிர்"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɛɭ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "வெள்"
}

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