திரை

• IPA^(key): /t̪iɾai/

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Compare திரி (tiri).

• தெர (tera) — colloquial

திரை • (tirai) (intransitive)

1. to become wrinkled, as skin by age; be wrinked, creased, as cloth
2. to coagulate, form into clots, as milk

   Synonym: திரி (tiri)

3. to roll as waves; to break in ripples

From the above verb. Compare திரி (tiri), திற (tiṟa) and Proto-Dravidian *tiṯV- (“to open”). Cognate with Kannada ತೆರೆ (tere) and Telugu తెర (tera).

திரை • (tirai)

1. Of or relating to movies; cinema; film industries

திரை • (tirai) (plural திரைகள்)

1. screen
2. (by extension) silver screen, projection screen in movie theatres
3. curtain, as rolled up

   Synonym: திரைச்சீலை (tiraiccīlai)

4. wrinkle, as in the skin through age
5. wave, billow, ripple

   Synonym: அலை (alai)

6. river, brook; sea
7. (slang) seven
8. roll of betel leaves; twisted straw; cotton prepared for spinning

   Synonym: சுருள் (curuḷ)

9. betel

   Synonym: வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai)

• → Malay: tirai

From the verb in Etymology 1.

திரை • (tirai) (intransitive)

1. to roll or rise, as waves
2. to become wrinkled

Causative of the above verb.

திரை • (tirai) (transitive)

1. to gather up, contract, close
2. to cover, contain
3. to plait the ends of a cloth

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्थिरा (sthirā).

திரை • (tirai) (dated)

1. earth

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