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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconTacai (தசை) noun cf. tvac. [Malayalam: taca.]
1. Flesh, muscle, one of seven tātu, q.v.; எழு வகைத் தாதுக்களுள் ஒன்றாகிய மாமிசம். [ezhu vagaith thathukkalul onragiya mamisam.] (நன். [nan.] 268, உரை. [urai.]) (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு [sudamaninigandu])
2. Bad odour; முடை நாற்றம். (திவா.) [mudai narram. (thiva.)]
3. Pulp or fleshy part of a fruit; பழச் சதை. [pazhas sathai.] Colloq.
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Tacai (தசை) [tacaital] 4 intransitive verb < தசை¹. [thasai¹.] To be fleshy; சதைப்பற்றாதல். நறுமலர்த் தாள்க ளொத்துத் தசைந்து [sathaipparrathal. narumalarth thalka lothuth thasainthu] (காசிகண்டம் சிவ. அக். [kasigandam siva. ag.] 22).
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Tacai (தசை) [tacaittal] 11 intransitive verb < idem. To grow fleshy; சதைபிடித்தல். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [sathaipidithal. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
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Tacai (தசை) noun < daśā.
1. State, condition; நிலைமை. என் தசையைக் கண்டால் இவற்றுக்கு வாய்புதைக்க வேண்டாவோ [nilaimai. en thasaiyaig kandal ivarrukku vayputhaikka vendavo] (ஈடு-முப்பத்தாறுயிரப்படி [idu-muppatharuyirappadi], 10, 3, 1).
2. (Astrology) Regnal period of a planet; கிரகவாட் சிக் காலம். வினைமேம்படூஉ மேற்றசை நாளுள் [kiragavad sig kalam. vinaimembaduu merrasai nalul] (பெருங்கதை வத்தவ. [perungathai vathava.] 11, 61).
3. Period of good fortune; அதிருஷ்ட காலம். [athirushda kalam.]
4. Wick; திரி. [thiri.]
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: Tacaikkani, Tacaipiti, Tacaipparru, Tacaippu, Tacaivaippu, Tacaivali, Tacaiyantam, Tacaiyatti, Tacaiyetuppu, Tacaiyuru.
Ends with (+1): Antacai, Atacai, Civatacai, Cukkiratacai, Cutcumatacai, Kannaraittacai, Kattacai, Kshinatacai, Makatacai, Marakatacai, Muttitacai, Mutuku-mul-anaitacai, Niriyanatacai, Ottacai, Paripuranatacai, Pattacai, Pettatacai, Turttacai, Uccatacai, Venturutacai.
Full-text (+34): Tacaiyuru, Tacaipiti, Tacaivali, Mutuku-mul-anaitacai, Tacaikkani, Kannaraittacai, Tacaiyetuppu, Tacaivaippu, Marakatacai, Pirutiviyinkuru, Turmamicam, Turttacai, Mamicam, Niriyanatacai, Tecai, Dasai, Civatacai, Tacaippu, Tacaiyantam, Tacaipparru.
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