English Meaning of matal

Meaning of 'matal'

v. n. (defective) doing, ceytal.

Meaning of மடல்

s. anything that is flat and long as the leaves of the cocoa, palmyra, plantain etc., 2. eyelid, நிமை; 3. a flower-petal, பூவிதழ்; 4. the shoulder blade and upper arm, தோள்மடல்; 5. a stand for sacred ashes, விபூதி மடல்; 6. a poem figuratively describing a disappointed lover riding on a palmyra-stem.

மடலோடு மடல் சேர்த்துக்கட்ட, to pinion a person.

மடலரிதாரம், leaf-orpiment.

மடலூர்தல், riding on a palmyra branch for a horse, as a disappointed lover.

மடற்பனை, a rough palmyra tree difficult to ascend; 2. (fig.) a learned man unwilling to impart his knowledge to others.

ஏற்ற மடல், the picotta, the pole of a well-sweep.

காது மடல், the ear-lap.

வாழை மடல், the bark of a plantain tree.

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