Tamil

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕeːɾ/, [seːɾ]

Etymology 1

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Cognate with Malayalam ചേരുക (cēruka), Telugu చేరు (cēru) and Kannada ಸೇರು (sēru).

Verb

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சேர் (cēr)

  1. (intransitive) to become united, incorporated; to join together
  2. to become mixed, blended
  3. to have connection (as with a society or an institution)
  4. to be in close friendship or union
  5. to fit, suit; to be adapted to (as the tenon to the mortise)
  6. to be incident, co-existent; to appertain, as a quality
  7. to be collected, to become aggregated
  8. to be well-rounded, plump
  9. to be full, replete
  10. to lie down
  11. to exist, co-exist
  12. to go, advance
  13. (transitive) to join, associate with
  14. to be in contact with
  15. to copulate
  16. to belong to; to be attached to, dependent on, connected with
  17. to obtain, acquire
  18. to reach, gain, arrive at
  19. to unite in meditation
  20. to resemble, equal, correspond with
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Etymology 2

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Causative of சேர் (cēr).

Verb

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சேர் (cēr)

  1. (transitive) to join, combine, unite
  2. to append, attach, piece together
  3. to admix, incorporate, amalgamate
  4. to cause sexual union
  5. to admit to one's company or party, receive into friendship or service, bring under protection or shelter
  6. to tie, fasten (as with a rope or chain), to secure by fastening
  7. to build, construct, make
  8. to add, interpolate, insert
  9. to lay plates or leaves for dinner
  10. to collect, gather, muster, assemble
  11. to aggregate; to add sum to sum; to amass (as wealth)
  12. to appropriate, make one's own, annex
  13. to restore
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Etymology 3

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From the above verbs.

Noun

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சேர் (cēr)

  1. roundness, plumpness, globularity
  2. straw-receptacle for paddy
  3. granary
  4. yoke of oxen, pair of oxen yoked together
  5. band joining the forelegs of a pair of cattle
  6. marking-nut tree

References

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