English Meaning of cakkai

Meaning of 'cakkai'

s. an astrologer; 2. a king's ministerial officer; 3. a priest.

cakkaiyan, an astrologer; one of a caste whose profession in old days was to dance & sing in temples & palaces.

Meaning of சக்கை

s. the substance (of the sugar-cane, fruit, etc.) that remains after the juice is squeezed out; anything dry or insipid, the refuse, கோது; 2. the wadding of a gun; 3. carpenter's chips, சிராய்; 4. jack, jungle jack.

சக்கையாய் மென்று துப்ப, to chew and suck out the juice of a fruit etc. and spit out the matter that remains.

சக்கை சக்கையாயுரிக்க, to strip off any fibrous substance, to rail at or revile one.

சக்கைபோடு போட, to accomplish a task skilfully; to work ably.

சக்கை சக்கையாய்ப்பிளக்க, to cut or split into chips.

மரச் சக்கை, a chip.

சக்கைவாங்கு வாங்க, to scold roundly.

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