Cemca, Ceṃca, Cenca, Ceñca, Cemcali, Ceñcāli: 2 definitions

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ceṃca (ಚೆಂಚ):—[noun] a man who earns his livelihood by hunting animals, fowls, etc.

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Ceṃcali (ಚೆಂಚಲಿ):—

1) [noun] the tree Flacourtia jongmans (= F, cataphracta) of Flacourtiaceae family.

2) [noun] its plum.

3) [noun] the potherb Digeria muricata (= D. arvensis) of Amaranthaceae family.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Ceñca (செஞ்ச) adverb < செம்-மை. [sem-mai.]

1. See செஞ்செவே [sencheve],

1. செஞ்ச நிற்போரைத் தெரிசிக்க [sencha nirporaith therisikka] (திருமந். [thiruman.] 2118).

2. See செஞ்செவே [sencheve],

3. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி [yazhppanathu manippayagarathi])

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Ceñcāli (செஞ்சாலி) [ceñ-cāli] noun < செம்-மை [sem-mai] + சாலி¹. [sali¹.] A kind of superior yellowish paddy; உயர்தரச் செந்நெல்வகை. செஞ்சாலிநெல்லின் வளர்சோ றளிக் கொள் [uyartharas sennelvagai. senchalinellin valarso ralig kol] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 37, 7).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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