തേൾ
Malayalam
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *tēḷ.Cognate with Kannada ಚೇಳು (cēḷu), Tamil தேள் (tēḷ), Telugu తేలు (tēlu) and Brahui تیڷ (tēļ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪eːɭ/
Noun
തേൾ • (tēḷ)
A scorpion
- scorpion; Any of the various arthropods in the arachnid order Scorpiones, characterised by the presence of two pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting.
Declension
| Declension of തേൾ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | തേൾ (tēḷ) | തേളുകൾ (tēḷukaḷ) |
| Vocative | തേളേ (tēḷē) | തേളുകളേ (tēḷukaḷē) |
| Accusative | തേളിന് (tēḷinŭ) | തേളുകൾക്ക് (tēḷukaḷkkŭ) |
| Dative | തേളിനെ (tēḷine) | തേളുകളെ (tēḷukaḷe) |
| Genitive | തേളിന്റെ (tēḷinṟe) | തേളുകളുടെ (tēḷukaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | തേളിൽ (tēḷil) | തേളുകളിൽ (tēḷukaḷil) |
| Sociative | തേളിനോട് (tēḷinōṭŭ) | തേളുകളോട് (tēḷukaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | തേളിനാൽ (tēḷināl) | തേളുകളാൽ (tēḷukaḷāl) |
Derived terms
- കരിന്തേൾ (karintēḷ)
- തേൾവിഷം (tēḷviṣaṁ)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “tēḷ”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “തേൾ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “tēḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/56627/
- https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%87%E0%B5%BE
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