பெருகு

Cognate with Kannada ಹೆಚ್ಚು (heccu), Telugu పెరుగు (perugu).

• IPA^(key): /peɾuɡɯ/

பெருகு • (peruku)

1. (intransitive) to increase in numbers, multiply, spread, abound
2. to become full, be perfected
3. to rise, swell, overflow
4. to be increased, augmented or enlarged, to grow great, prosper
5. to come to maturity
6. to grow
7. to bring prosperity
8. to snap, as the thread of the marriage badge, used euphemistically
9. (colloquial) to be injured, ruined, used euphemistically
10. to be put out or extinguished, used euphemistically

• பெருக்கு (perukku) (causative)

Cognate with Telugu పెరుగు (perugu).

பெருகு • (peruku)

1. curdled milk, curds

   Synonym: தயிர் (tayir)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

பெருகு • (peruku)

1. an ornament