Elutu, Eḻutu: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Eḻutu (எழுது) [eḻututal] 5 verb [Malayalam: eḻutu.] transitive

1. To write; எழுத்துவரைதல். [ezhuthuvaraithal.]

2. To paint, draw; சித்திரம்வரைதல். எழுதுங்காற் கோல்காணாக் கண்ணேபோல் [sithiramvaraithal. ezhuthungar kolkanag kannepol] (திருக்குறள் [thirukkural], 1285).

3. To write, as author; to compose; இயற்றுதல். அவன் ஒருநூல் எழுதியுள்ளான். [iyarruthal. avan orunul ezhuthiyullan.]

4. To foreordain, predestine, as Brahmā by writing on the head; விதியேற்படுத் தல். இட்டமுட னென்றலையி லின்னபடி யென்றெழுதி விட்டசிவனும் [vithiyerpaduth thal. ittamuda nenralaiyi linnapadi yenrezhuthi vittasivanum] (தனிப்பாடற்றிரட்டு [thanippadarrirattu] i, 119, 1).

5. To produce by art; to sculpture, as an image; பாவைமுதலி யன நிருமித்தல். தெய்வங் குடவரை யெழுதிய . . . பாவை [pavaimuthali yana nirumithal. theyvang kudavarai yezhuthiya . . . pavai] (குறுந்தொகை [kurundogai] 89). — intransitive To become indented by pressure; அழுந்திப்பதிதல். இரு வர் நெற்றியு மெழுதின சிலகணை [azhunthippathithal. iru var nerriyu mezhuthina silaganai] (மகாபாரதம் பதின்மூன். [magaparatham pathinmun.] 89).

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Eḻutu (எழுது) [eḻututal] 5 transitive verb To gild; பூசுதல். செம்பொனா லெழுதிவேய்ந்த [pusuthal. sembona lezhuthiveyntha] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 6, 8).

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