Timpu, Tiṃpu, Tīmpu, Tīmpū: 2 definitions

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tiṃpu (ತಿಂಪು):—

1) [noun] heaviness as a quality of things; weight.

2) [noun] the quality of being large, big; largeness.

3) [noun] the quality or fact of being much higher in some quality, degree or number; greatness.

4) [noun] stability a) the state or quality of being stable or fixed; steadiness; b) firmness of character, purpose or resolution.

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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

Tīmpu (தீம்பு) noun < தீமை. [thimai.]

1. Wickedness, mischief; குறும்பு. பிள்ளைகளும் நானுமாய்த் தீம்பு செய்து திரிகிறவிடத்தில் [kurumbu. pillaigalum nanumayth thimbu seythu thirigiravidathil] (ஈடு-முப்பத்தாறுயிரப்படி [idu-muppatharuyirappadi], 5, 6, 6).

2. Evil; கேடு. உன்றலைதனக்குத் தீம்புவரும் [kedu. unralaithanakkuth thimbuvarum] (திருவருட்பா [thiruvarudpa], vi, தான்பெற்ற. [thanperra.] 17).

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Tīmpū (தீம்பூ) [tīm-pū] noun < idem. +.

1. A tree; ஒருவகை மரம். தீம்பூமரக் கருப்பூரச்சோலை [oruvagai maram. thimbumarag karuppuracholai] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 1497).

2. A fragrant substance; வாசனைத் திரவியங்களுள் ஒன்று. [vasanaith thiraviyangalul onru.] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 838, உரை. [urai.])

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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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