State, condition, character, quality, frame or temper, குணம்
Story of a building car &c., தேர்த்தட்டு
Door- post, door-frames, கதவுநிலை
Posture, attitude, position. See நான்குநிலை
Station, situation, site, இல்லிடம். Profession, vacation, calling, தொழில்
Degree in religious or other attainment, சரியைமுதலியன
Firmness, fixedness, stability, permanence, durability, உறுதி
Religion, either in system or principle, மதம்
Prescribed rules of religion, morals, caste, &c., or the practice of rules, வைதீகநிலை
Situation or aspect of a planet in respect to its influence, கிரகநிலை
Usage, முறைமை
A stand, fixture, ஆதனம்
Pendent part of an ornament, ஆபரணத்திற்றொங்கணி
Appropriate or wonted place, habitation, place of residence, வசிக்குமிடம்
Place, location, இடம்
The earth, the world, பூமி
Time, காலம்
[prov.] One of the two land measures, that applied to any but rice-lands. See நெல்லிலாச்சம்
Fordableness, ford, தாண்டுதுறை.– The நிலை, (attitudes) in archery are
பைசாசம், standing with one leg straight and the other bent, as devils are said to stand
மண்டலம், standing with both knees bent out
ஆலீடம், standing with the right knee bent out, and the left foot advanced
பிரத்தியாலீடம், standing with the left knee bent and the right foot advanced. (சது.)–Note. Some authorities give a fifth posture, சமபாதம், standing with the feet even. நிலையுரியாய்ச்சீலையையுரிந்தான். He stripped or made himself naked. நிலையைவிட்டால்நீச்சு. If the fordable depth be left, one must swim–videlicet, give not up a certainty for an uncertainty
நிலைகலங்க — To be disturbed, deranged, &c., in situation as a person or thing.
நிலைகுலைக்க — To ravish, &c. See குலை, v. a.
நிலைகுலைய–நிலைகெட — To lose one's situation, &c. See குலை, v.
நிலைகேடு — Loss of a situation.
நிலைகொள்ள — To come into existence or operation. 2. To continue, to be permanent.
நிலைக்கடகம் — A large, stationary basket, பெருங்கூடை.
நிலை (nilai) — noun
, க்கிறது, த்தது, க்கும், க்க, v. n. To get or gain footing, become fixed, or established, நிற்க
To be permanent, lasting, durable; to persevere, உறுதிகொள்ள
To be at a stand as a beast tied, or a car that cannot be moved, நடவாதிருக்க
To be stunted, as plants, &c., வளராதுநிற்க
To stay too long in a place, தாமதிக்க
To be fordable, ஆளுக்குநிலைக்க
To be fixed as the eyes at the approach of death, &c., கண்நிலைக்குத்திட
v. a. [poetic with personal terminations.] To set up, erect, establish, நிலைப்படுத்த. (சேதுப்.)–Note. போக is often added to the gerund of verb; as நிலைத்துப்போக, to come to a stand, to be fixed. தண்ணீராளுக்குநிலைக்கும். The water may be forded
நிலையாதஆறு — A river not fordable.
நிலையாததண்ணீர் — Water not fordable.
நிலையாமை — Being transient, &c., as நிலையில்லாமை, which see,