துறை
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Tamil[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Kannada ತೊರೆ (tore).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
துறை • (tuṟai)
- place, location, situation, space, position
- way, path
- branch, section, category
- method, means
- seaport, harbor, roadstead
- sea
- river
- place where washermen wash clothes
- ghat
- frequented place, place of meeting
- branch if knowledge, science
- subject or theme in akam or puṟam
- proper arrangement, codification
- a kind of singing
- history
References[edit]
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “துறை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press