பனி

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *panī(kil) (“dew, cold, chill”). Cognate with Malayalam പനി (pani).

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• IPA^(key): /pɐnɪ/, [pɐni]

பனி • (paṉi)

1. (intransitive) to be bedewed, have dew on
2. to flow out, to be shed, poured up
3. to rain incessantly, constantly
4. to become cool
5. to tremble, be agitated, quake
6. to shiver with cold
7. to be in fear
8. to suffer, be in pain
9. to spring forth (as tears), to swell
10. (transitive) to cause to tremble
11. to cause to suffer
12. to beat (as a drum)

பனி • (paṉi)

1. fog, mist
2. dew
3. snow
4. cold, coldness
5. (by extension) water
6. tears
7. fear, dread
8. trembling, agitation, quaking
9. fever
10. distress, suffering
11. sorrow

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “பனி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press