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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Oppāri (ಒಪ್ಪಾರಿ):—[noun] the state or quality of (two or more things) being alike; similarity; likeness.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Oppāri (ஒப்பாரி) noun < idem. + ஆர்-. [ar-.] [K. oppāri.]

1. Equal, peer; ஒப்பு. அவரன்ன ஒப்பாரி. [oppu. avaranna oppari.] (திருக்குறள் [thirukkural], 1071).

2. Pretence, hoax, imposture; போலி. நாளு மொப்பாரியாய்வந்த புத்துறவுக்கு நன்மைபலவே செய்குவார் [poli. nalu moppariyayvantha puthuravukku nanmaipalave seykuvar] (அறப்பளீசுரசதகம் [arappalisurasathagam] 30).

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Oppāri (ஒப்பாரி) noun probably from ஒப்ப [oppa] + ஆரி-. [ari-.] Lamentation by women making doleful reference to the personal appearance and good qualities of the deceased; அழுகைப்பாட்டு. மகனே யென் றொப்பாரிசொன்னான் [azhugaippattu. magane yen ropparisonnan] (இராகநா. உயுத்த. [iragana. uyutha.] 81).

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Oppāri (ஒப்பாரி) [oppārittal] 11 transitive verb < ஒப்பாரி¹. [oppari¹.] To resemble, look like; ஒத்தல். பொன்னை யொப் பாரித்து [othal. ponnai yop parithu] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 1200, 10).

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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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Starts with: Opparikkaran, Opparivai, Oppariyitu.

Ends with: Koppari, Soppari.

Full-text: Opparikkaran, Oppariyitu, Opparivai.

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