Cimku, Ciṃku, Cinku, Ciṅku: 2 definitions
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCiṃku (ಚಿಂಕು):—[noun] a kind of ornament.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCiṅku (சிங்கு) [ciṅkutal] 5 intransitive verb
1. To diminish, wane, decrease; குன்றுதல். சிங்காவண்புகழ்ச் சிங்க புரத்து [kunruthal. singavanpugazhs singa purathu] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை பதி. [silappathigaram arumbathavurai pathi.] 47).
2. To faint, fail, droop; இளைத்தல். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [ilaithal. (pingalagandu)]
3. To decay, perish; அழிதல். சிங்காமைத் தங்கள் கவசமாய் [azhithal. singamaith thangal kavasamay] (கம்பராமாயணம் சரபங்க. [kambaramayanam sarapanga.] 26).
4. To elapse, pass away, as time; கழிந்துபோதல். சிங்குமாற் காலம் [kazhinthupothal. singumar kalam] (கம்பராமாயணம் மருத்து. [kambaramayanam maruthurandathi] 63).
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Ciṅku (சிங்கு) [ciṅkutal] 5 intransitive verb < சிக்கு-. [sikku-.] To be caught; சிக்கிக்கொள்ளுதல். சிங்கினா ரிரு முதுகுரவ ரென்பவே [sikkikkolluthal. singina riru muthugurava renpave] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 2832).
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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