Kuttai, Kuṭṭai, Kūṭṭai: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kuṭṭai (குட்டை) noun < idem.

1. Shortness, dwarfishness; குறுகிய உருவம். [kurugiya uruvam.]

2. See குட்டேறு [kutteru],

1. 3. [Telugu: guḍḍa.] Kerchief, towel, small strip of cloth; சிறுதுணி. [siruthuni.]

4. Pool, small pond; சிறுகுளம். [sirugulam.]

5. See குட்டைமரம். குட்டையிற்கட்டி அடித்தான். [kuttaimaram. kuttaiyirkatti adithan.]

6. A dry measure of capacity; குறுணி. [kuruni.] (தொல், சொல். [thol, sol.] 400, உரை. [urai.])

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Kuṭṭai (குட்டை) noun < kuṣṭha. White leprosy; வெள்ளைக்குஷ்டம். [vellaikkushdam.] (W.)

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Kūṭṭai (கூட்டை) noun A kind of dance; ஒருவகைக் கூத்து. (அகராதி நிகண்டு). [oruvagaig kuthu. (agarathi nigandu).]

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Kuṭṭai (குட்டை) noun cf. கூடை. [kudai.] A kind of basket; கூடைவகை. பெரிய. பிரப்பங்குட்டையும் [kudaivagai. periya. pirappanguttaiyum] (குருகூர்ப்பள்ளு [kurugurppallu] 25).

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Kuṭṭai (குட்டை) noun < Telugu guḍḍa. Local usage

1. Turban; தலைப்பாகை. [thalaippagai.]

2. Cloth; துணி. [thuni.]

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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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