Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

to draw water from a well

Tamil translation:

இறை

Added to glossary by SeiTT
Nov 27, 2016 15:53
8 yrs ago
English term

to draw water from a well

Non-PRO English to Tamil Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy Learning / Teaching Tamil
Hi

Please, how do you say "to draw water from a well"? I know you have a colloquial verb எரெ, but what is the literary equivalent, please?

Best

Simon
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இறை

இறை - To draw and pour out water, irrigate, bale out;

http://www.tamilvu.org/library/dicIndex.htm
Example sentence:

அவன் கிணற்றிலிருந்து நீர் இறைத்தான்

He drew water from well

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