படி

• IPA^(key): /pɐɖɪ/, [pɐɖi]

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Probably borrowed from Sanskrit पठति (paṭhati). Compare Etymology 2. Cognate with Malayalam പഠിക്കുക (paṭhikkuka, “to learn”) and Tulu [Term?].

படி • (paṭi) (transitive)

1. to read, recite, chant

   Synonyms: ஓது (ōtu), வாசி (vāci)

2. to learn, study, commit to memory

   Synonym: கல் (kal)

Cognate with Malayalam പടിയുക (paṭiyuka), Tulu ಪಡಿಪುನಿ (paḍipuni).^[1]

படி • (paṭi) (intransitive)

1. to settle (as dust or sediment); to subside, become stationary, as water
2. to form; gather
3. to rest (as clouds upon a mountain); to alight; to roost (as birds)

   Synonyms: அமர் (amar), தங்கு (taṅku)

4. to become orderly, settled (as handwriting)
5. to become habitual by learning or exercising

   Synonym: பழகு (paḻaku)

6. to be subjugated; to be trained, disciplined or tamed

   Synonym: கீழ்ப்படி (kīḻppaṭi)

7. to sink in the water, to be immersed, to bathe

Cognate to Kannada ಪಡಿ (paḍi), Malayalam പടി (paṭi), Telugu పడి (paḍi) and Tulu ಪಡಿ (paḍi).

படி • (paṭi)

1. manner, way

   Synonyms: முறை (muṟai), வழி (vaḻi)

2. step, stair; rung of a ladder

   Synonym: படிக்கட்டு (paṭikkaṭṭu)

3. grade, rank, class, order

   Synonyms: தரம் (taram), வகுப்பு (vakuppu), தரவரிசை (taravaricai)

4. resemblance, simile, comparison

   Synonyms: ஒப்பீடு (oppīṭu), உவமை (uvamai)

5. a measure of 8 ஆழாக்கு (āḻākku)
6. a measuring container of the above measure.

• → Sinhalese: පඩිය (paḍiya)

படி • (paṭi)

1. according to, as per [with oblique]
2. as, in the manner of [with relative participle]

• S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “படி”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [1]
• University of Madras (1924–1936), “படி-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “-படி”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [2]
• “படி”, in அகராதி: தமிழ் → ஆங்கில அகரமுதலி [Agarathi: Tamil → English Dictionary], 2023