Nel, Ñeḷ: 2 definitions

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nel (ನೆಲ್):—

1) [noun] rice in the husk; paddy.

2) [noun] a unit of measure (equal to the breadth of eight sesame seeds.

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Nēl (ನೇಲ್):—[verb] = ನೇಲು [nelu]1.

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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

Ñeḷ (ஞெள்) [ñeḷ(ḷu)tal] 2 intransitive verb

1. To become hollow; பள்ளமாதல். [pallamathal.] (W.)

2. To sound; ஒலித்தல். [olithal.] (W.)

3. To agree, yield, consent; உடன்படுதல். (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [udanpaduthal. (agarathi nigandu)]

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Nel (நெல்) noun [Kanarese, Malayalam: nel.]

1. Rice-plant, Oryza sativa; பயிர்வகை. நெடுங்கதிர் நெல்லின் நாண்மேய லாரும் [payirvagai. nedungathir nellin nanmeya larum] (ஐங்குறுநூறு [aingurunuru] 95).

2. Grain of paddy; நென்மணிமேகலை நெல்லும் பொரியும் [nenmani. nellum poriyum] (மணிமேகலை [manimegalai] 6, 95).

3. Food; உணவு. நெல்லுண்ட னெஞ்சிற் கோர் நோய் [unavu. nellunda nenchir kor noy] (திரிகடுகம் [thirigadugam] 79).

4. Standard of linear measure = 8 sesame seeds; எட்டு எள்ளளவு கொண்ட நீட்டலளவை. [ettu ellalavu konda nittalalavai.] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 3, 100, உரை. [urai.])

5. Siris. See வாகை. (அகராதி நிகண்டு) நெல்லினா லலக்குங் காலு நிரப்பினான் [vagai. (agarathi nigandu) nellina lalakkung kalu nirappinan] (கம்பராமாயணம் ஒற்றுக்கே. [kambaramayanam orrukke.] 17).

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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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