பிடி

• புடி (puṭi) — colloquial

Cognate with Kannada ಹಿಡಿ (hiḍi), Malayalam പിടി (piṭi), പിടിക്കുക (piṭikkuka), Telugu పిడి (piḍi).

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பிடி • (piṭi)

1. (transitive) to catch, grasp, seize, clutch
2. to grasp, hold
3. to catch, contract (as a disease)
4. to be agreeable, attractive, pleasing to the senses or mind; to be liked [with dative]
5. to contain, hold
6. to secure
7. to capture, ensnare, entrap, catch, usurp, prey on
8. to tie, fasten
9. to take refuge in, depend on, cling to
10. to obtain, take possession
11. to assume (as a form)
12. to bear, carry, support
13. to withhold, keep back, deduct, detain
14. to take a photograph
15. to expound
16. to take on, as a color
17. to grasp, understand, comprehend
18. to buy, purchase wholesale
19. to join in a continued row or series, nail on, line with
20. to hold fast, adhere to
21. to undertake
22. to massage, rub
23. to geld
24. (intransitive) to stick, adhere, cling
25. to be suitable, adapted, conformable
26. to take place, occur
27. to find room, go in

பிடி • (piṭi)

1. hold, clutch, pinch, seizure by the hand
2. comprehension
3. confidence, reliance, trust
4. religious belief, opinion or tenet
5. fist, closed hand
6. catch, grip (in wrestling)
7. handle, haft, hilt
8. rein
9. means, device
10. firmness, stubbornness
11. help, refuge, support
12. handful, small quantity
13. measure of length, the width of one hand
14. female elephant
15. devil
16. exposition

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