கேள்

Cognate with Kannada ಕೇಳು (kēḷu), Malayalam കേൾക്കുക (kēḷkkuka), Tulu ಕೇೞ್ (kēḻŭ), Kodava ಕೇಳ್ (kēḷŭ), Toda [script needed] (ke·ḷ), Kolami కెల్ (kel).

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கேள் • (kēḷ)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to listen to, hear
2. to ask, question, inquire
3. to investigate
4. to request, solicit
5. to require, demand, claim
6. to be informed of
7. to avenge, punish
8. to bid, offer, inquire the price of
9. to cure
10. to learn, be instructed in
11. to accept, agree to
12. to tolerate, brook
13. (intransitive) to come under the control of; to be cured
14. to obey, be submissive, docile
15. to be heard (as a call), to reach (as a sound)
16. to get permission

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