Urul: 2 definitions

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Urul (ಉರುಲ್):—[noun] = ಉರುಲು [urulu]1.

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Uruḷ (ಉರುಳ್):—

1) [verb] to move (oneself) along a surface by rotation without sliding; to roll.

2) [verb] to fall suddenly, clumsily or helplessly.

3) [verb] to fall or decline suddenly, as from power, high value, etc.

4) [verb] to come down in ruins; to collapse.

5) [verb] ಉರುಳಾಡು [uruladu] uruḷāḍu to roll oneself from one side to another; ಉರುಳೆಗಡಿ [urulegadi] uruḷegaḍi to cut something as to make the it fall down and roll on the ground.

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Uruḷ (ಉರುಳ್):—[noun] a rope or cord with a loop formed at one end by means of a slipknot so that the loop tightens as the rope or cord is pulled.

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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

Uruḷ (உருள்) [uruḷ(ḷu)tal] 2 intransitive verb [Telugu: uralu, Kanarese, Malayalam: uruḷ.]

1. To turn about, as dice; to roll, tumble over and over, revolve on a plane, as a wheel; to spin, whirl round, as a discus; புரளுதல். திண்வரை யுருள்கிலேன் [puraluthal. thinvarai yurulkilen] (திருவாசகம் [thiruvasagam] 5, 39).

2. To become round, to grow globular; திரளுதல். இரத்தக்கட்டியுருண்டுவருகிறது. [thiraluthal. irathakkattiyurunduvarugirathu.]

3. To perish, die, as in battle or by an epidemic, to become extinct; அழிதல். உலகநீதிெலாமுருளு மின்றென [azhithal. ulagelamurulu minrena] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 2452).

4. To go, proceed; செல்லுதல். நூல்வழி யுருள் விலாமனத்தவர்க்கு [selluthal. nulvazhi yurul vilamanathavarkku] (சூளாமணி முத்தி. [sulamani muthi.] 13).

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Uruḷ (உருள்) noun [Kanarese, Malayalam: uruḷ.] < உருள்-. [urul-.]

1. Car wheel; தேருருள். உருள்பூந்தண்டார் [therurul. urulpunthandar] (பத்துப்பாட்டு [pathuppattu] 11).

2. Wheeled vehicle, cart; வண்டி. (திவா.) [vandi. (thiva.)]

3. The fourth nakṣatra. See உரோகிணி. (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [urogini. (sudamaninigandu)]

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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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