Cennir, Cennīr: 2 definitions

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cennīr (ಚೆನ್ನೀರ್):—[noun] blood, as a red liquid.

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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

Cennīr (செந்நீர்) [cen-nīr] noun < idem. +.

1. [K. kennīr, M. cennīr.] Fresh flood, as turbid; புதுவெள்ளம். மூதூர்ச் செந்நீர்க் கடியின் விழவாட்டினுள் [puthuvellam. muthurs sennirk kadiyin vizhavattinul] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 12).

2. Clear water, opposed to puṉṉīr; தெளிந்த நீர். தேவ தானமாகக் கொடுத்துச் செந்நீர் வெட்டி [thelintha nir. thevaram thanamagak koduthus sennir vetti] (S. I. I. iii, 46).

3. [K. kennīr.] Blood, as red; இரத்தம். செந்நீர்த் திரைகடல் பருகலாக [iratham. sennirth thiraigadal parugalaga] (கலிங்கத்துப்பரணி [kalingathupparani] 293).

4. See சுரோணிதம் [suronitham],

3. மாதர் செந்நீரொடு கூடி [mathar sennirodu kudi] (சூதசங்கிதை ஞான. [suthasangithai gnanamirtham] 10, 9).

5. An aniline pigment; சாயச் சரக்கு. [sayas sarakku.] (G. T n. D. I , 218.)

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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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