Centi, Centī, Cēnti: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Centi (செந்தி) noun See செந்தில். [senthil.] (கந்தபு. முதனா. [kanthapu. muthana.] 6.)

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Centī (செந்தீ) [cen-tī] noun < idem. +. [Malayalam: centī.] Blazing fire; கொழுந்துவிட்டெரியுந் தீ. ஊரு ளெழுந்த வுருகெழு செந்தீக்கு [kozhunthuvitteriyun thi. uru lezhuntha vurugezhu senthikku] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 90).

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Cēnti (சேந்தி) noun < Urdu sēndī < śuṇḍā. [Telugu:. śēndi.] Toddy; கள். சேந்திக்கடை. [kal. senthikkadai.] (W. G.)

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Cēnti (சேந்தி) noun

1. Granary; களஞ்சியம். [kalanchiyam.] Madura usage

2. Loft; பரண். [paran.] Local usage

3. Thin reapers running across the joists on which planks are laid; துலாக்கட்டையின்மீது பலகைகளைச் சேர்க்கும் பொழுது இடைவெளி தெரியாமலிடும் பலகை. [thulakkattaiyinmithu palagaigalais serkkum pozhuthu idaiveli theriyamalidum palagai.] Nāñ.

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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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