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thedi

தேடி
Tamil

Searching for, seeking

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Meaning

Thedi means "searching for" or "seeking." This word typically appears in contexts where a character, often a devotee or a lover, is actively looking for someone or something. It conveys a sense of longing or an earnest quest, such as a devotee searching for a deity's footprints or a lover like Radha searching for her beloved.

In the songs

  • Thedi varum radhai pol nee inge vara vendum

    Like Radha who comes searching, you must come here

    Engirundhalum Un Kural Kettu · Traditional

  • Muttha mazhai pozhiya un paadha suvadugalai thedi alaigirathu en nizhal

    As a rain of kisses pours, my shadow wanders searching for your footprints.

    Muttha Mazhai Pozhiya · Unknown

  • Muttha mazhai pozhiya un paadha suvadugalai thedi alaigirathu en nizhal

    As a rain of kisses pours, my shadow wanders searching for your footprints.

    Muttha Mazhai Pozhiya · Unknown

  • Muttha mazhai pozhiyum paadhach chuvadugalai thedi

    Searching for the footprints where a rain of kisses falls

    Muttha Mazhai Pozhiyum · Unknown / Contemporary

Songs with this word

From the lyrics we hold — 3 songs.

  • Engirundhalum Un Kural Kettu

    Traditional

    appears in 1 line

  • Muttha Mazhai Pozhiya

    Unknown

    appears in 2 lines

  • Muttha Mazhai Pozhiyum

    Unknown / Contemporary

    appears in 1 line

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