தெளி

• IPA^(key): /t̪eɭi/

Cognate to Kannada ತಿಳಿ (tiḷi) and Malayalam തെളിയുക (teḷiyuka).

தெளி • (teḷi)

1. (intransitive) to become clear, limpid, transparent (as water by the setting of sediment)
2. to become serene (as the mind)
3. to be bright (as the countenance)

   Synonym: ஒளிர் (oḷir)

4. (Kongu) to become white (as clothes by washing)
5. to clear away, disappear (as famine and epidemic)

   Synonym: ஒழி (oḻi)

6. to clear up (as doubt); become evident, obvious (as the meaning of a passage)
7. to come to a conclusion
8. to be cured (as a disease)

   Synonym: குணப்படு (kuṇappaṭu)

9. to grow stout, fat, sleek (as persons or animals); thrive (as vegetation)

   Synonym: செழி (ceḻi)

10. (Jaffna) to turn out (as clear profit); accrue (as gain); be a clear gain after allowing for all expenses
11. (Kongu, transitive) to consider, investigate

    Synonym: ஆராய் (ārāy)

12. to know, understand, perceive, experience

    Synonym: அறி (aṟi)

13. to trust, confide in

    Synonym: நம்பு (nampu)

14. (Kongu) to pierce, perforate

    Synonym: துளை (tuḷai)

Causative of தெளி (teḷi).

தெளி • (teḷi)

1. (transitive) to clear, free (as from turbid or feculent matter); clarify, refine, clean
2. to make known, affirm clearly, cause to believe

   Synonym: தெளிவி (teḷivi)

3. to pacify, make up (as a love-quarrel)
4. to make manifest, reveal

   Synonym: வெளிப்படு (veḷippaṭu)

5. to determine

   Synonym: நிச்சயி (niccayi)

6. to strew, scatter, sprinkle (as water)

   Synonym: தூவு (tūvu)

7. to sow (as seed)

   Synonym: விதை (vitai)

8. (Kongu) to cast up in sifting

   Synonym: கொழி (koḻi)

9. (Kongu) to winnow, separate large from small particles by a fan

   Synonym: புடை (puṭai)

10. to extract the essence
11. to melt (as in refining gold)
12. to dispel (as fear, sorrow, delirium)

    Synonym: நீக்கு (nīkku)

13. to take an oath, swear

    Synonym: சூளுறு (cūḷuṟu)

தெளி • (teḷi)

1. (Tanjore) sowing

Derived from the above verb. Cognate to Malayalam തെളി (teḷi).

தெளி • (teḷi)

1. clearness

   Synonym: தெளிவு (teḷivu)

2. juice, essence

   Synonym: சாறு (cāṟu)

3. light

   Synonym: ஒளி (oḷi)

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