English Meaning of mai

Meaning of 'mai'

II. v. i. be slightly pounded, be separated from the husk by beating, maci II.

Meaning of மை

s. a magical paint, a black for the eyes. அஞ்சனம்; 2. black, blackness, கறுப்பு; 3. ink; 4. fault, குற்றம்; 5. a barren woman, மலடி; 6. a barren buffalo; 7. a cloud; 8. the first sign of the Zodiac, மேடவிராசி; 9. a kind of sheep, செம்மறியாடு; 1. an affix expressing an abstract quality or condition as in இருமை, doubleness, வள்ளன்மை, charitableness etc.

மைகூட்ட, to make ink or paint.

மைக்காடு, ashes and dust from a goldsmith's furnace, from which precious metals are got by washing.

மைக்காப்பு, colouring the writing of an ola book.

மைக்கூடு, an ink-stand.

மை பரவுங் கடுதாசி, blotting or sinking paper.

மைபூச, -இட, to colour with ink or pigment especially the eyebrows as women do.