பெறு

From Old Tamil 𑀧𑁂𑀶𑀼 (pēṟu). Cognate with Old Kannada ಪೆಱು (peṟu), Kannada ಹೆರು (heru), Malayalam പെറുക (peṟuka).

• IPA^(key): /pɛrʊ/, [pɛrɯ]

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பெறு • (peṟu)

1. (transitive) to receive, get, gain, obtain, secure

   Synonyms: அடை (aṭai), வாங்கு (vāṅku)

2. (transitive) to give birth to, beget, bear (a child)
3. (intransitive) to be worth; be worthy of; fetch a price

   Synonym: தேறு (tēṟu)

4. (auxiliary, after an infinitive) a passivizer.

   Synonym: படு (paṭu)

5. (auxiliary, after infinitive) indicates 'in the possession of' or 'in receipt of' when added to those verbs in the sphere of 'get' or 'get formed'.

Except the sense "to give birth to", all the others are only used in Formal Tamil.

• பெறுத்து (peṟuttu) (causative verb, rare)

• ⇒ Sinhalese: පේරු වැටෙනවා (pēru wæṭenawā)

• S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “பெறு”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [1]
• University of Madras (1924–1936), “பெறு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press

• “பெறு”, in அகராதி - தமிழ்-ஆங்கில அகரமுதலி [Agarathi - Tamil-English-Tamil Dictionary], Kilpauk, Chennai, India: Orthosie, 2023