தள்ளு

• IPA^(key): /t̪aɭːɯ/

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *tal. Cognate with Kannada ತಳ್ಳು (taḷḷu) and Malayalam തള്ളുക (taḷḷuka)

தள்ளு • (taḷḷu) (transitive)

1. to push, force, forward, shove away
2. to expel, cast off, excommunicate

   Synonym: புறம்பாக்கு (puṟampākku)

3. to forsake, abandon, relinquish, renounce

   Synonym: கைவிடு (kaiviṭu)

4. to reject, disapprove
5. to refute, confute

   Synonym: நிராகரி (nirākari)

6. to neglect
7. to dismiss (as a suit)
8. to refuse to admit
9. to discharge from obligation, exempt, remit
10. to deduct, subtract

    Synonym: கழி (kaḻi)

11. to press down

    Synonym: அமுக்கு (amukku)

12. to sever, cut off

    Synonym: வெட்டு (veṭṭu)

13. to kill

    Synonym: கொல் (kol)

14. to forget

    Synonym: மற (maṟa)

15. to turn over, turn back
16. to pass, as one's days

    Synonym: காலங் கழி (kālaṅ kaḻi)

17. (Sri Lanka) to launch, row, sail, as a vessel

    Synonym: தோணிசெலுத்து (tōṇiceluttu)

18. to incite, simulate

    Synonym: தூண்டு (tūṇṭu)

தள்ளு • (taḷḷu) (intransitive)

1. to move out of the way
2. to be removed

   Synonyms: விலகு (vilaku), நீங்கு (nīṅku)

3. to be lost, to fail

   Synonym: தவறு (tavaṟu)

4. to shrink, diminish

   Synonyms: குன்று (kuṉṟu), சுருங்கு (curuṅku), குறை (kuṟai)

5. to be unconscious, forgetful
6. to stagger, reel, stumble

   Synonym: தடுமாறு (taṭumāṟu)

7. to be able, be capable of
8. to emerge, come out, protrude

   Synonym: வெளியேறு (veḷiyēṟu)

• → Sinhalese: තල්ලුව (talluwa)

From the above verb.

• தள் (taḷ)

தள்ளு • (taḷḷu)

1. pushing, rejecting

   Synonym: அகற்றுகை (akaṟṟukai)

2. deduction, discount

   Synonym: தள்ளுபடி (taḷḷupaṭi)

3. dismissal, discharge, banishment, divorce

   Synonym: நீக்குகை (nīkkukai)

4. abandonment, renunciation, relinquishment

   Synonym: கைவிடுகை (kaiviṭukai)

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