இழுக்கு

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• IPA^(key): /ɪɻʊkːʊ/, [ɪɻʊkːɯ]

இழுக்கு • (iḻukku)

1. (intransitive) to slip down from a great height, fall from a high rank
2. to suffer misery, undergo pain
3. to slip, slide
4. to grow weak, lose vigour, to become dispirited
5. to be caught, entrapped
6. (transitive) to forget
7. to lose
8. to give up, avoid
9. to destroy

இழுக்கு • (iḻukku)

1. evil, vice, wickedness
2. disgrace, reproach
3. imperfection, flaw, defect
4. inferiority, baseness
5. forgetfulness
6. slippery ground

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “இழுக்கு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press