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Adverb [Tamil]

IPA: /n̪imit̪ːam/ Forms: nimittam [romanization]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निमित्त (nimitta). Etymology templates: {{lbor|ta|sa|निमित्त}} Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निमित्त (nimitta) Head templates: {{head|ta|adverb}} நிமித்தம் • (nimittam)
  1. for the sake of, on account of
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Noun [Tamil]

IPA: /n̪imit̪ːam/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निमित्त (nimitta). Etymology templates: {{lbor|ta|sa|निमित्त}} Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निमित्त (nimitta) Head templates: {{ta-noun}} நிமித்தம் • (nimittam) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl}} Forms: nimittam [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], நிமித்தம் [nominative, singular], நிமித்தங்கள் [nominative, plural], நிமித்தமே [singular, vocative], நிமித்தங்களே [plural, vocative], நிமித்தத்தை [accusative, singular], நிமித்தங்களை [accusative, plural], நிமித்தத்துக்கு [dative, singular], நிமித்தங்களுக்கு [dative, plural], நிமித்தத்துக்காக [benefactive, singular], நிமித்தங்களுக்காக [benefactive, plural], நிமித்தத்துடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிமித்தங்களுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிமித்தத்தின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிமித்தங்களின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிமித்தத்தில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிமித்தங்களில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிமித்தத்திடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிமித்தங்களிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிமித்தத்தோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிமித்தங்களோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிமித்தத்துடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிமித்தங்களுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிமித்தத்தால் [instrumental, singular], நிமித்தங்களால் [instrumental, plural], நிமித்தத்திலிருந்து [ablative, singular], நிமித்தங்களிலிருந்து [ablative, plural]
  1. cause; motive; occasion Synonyms: காரணம்
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  2. presage, omen Synonyms: சகுனம்
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  3. (Kongu) mark, sign, spot, taken Synonyms: அடையாளம்
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நிமித்தத்துடன்",
      "roman": "nimittattuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நிமித்தங்களுடன்",
      "roman": "nimittaṅkaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நிமித்தத்தால்",
      "roman": "nimittattāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நிமித்தங்களால்",
      "roman": "nimittaṅkaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நிமித்தத்திலிருந்து",
      "roman": "nimittattiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நிமித்தங்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "nimittaṅkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நிமித்தம் • (nimittam)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cause; motive; occasion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "motive",
          "motive"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "காரணம்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "presage, omen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "presage",
          "presage"
        ],
        [
          "omen",
          "omen"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "சகுனம்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Kongu Tamil"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mark, sign, spot, taken"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "spot",
          "spot"
        ],
        [
          "taken",
          "taken"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Kongu) mark, sign, spot, taken"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "அடையாளம்"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪imit̪ːam/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நிமித்தம்"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tamil adverbs",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil learned borrowings from Sanskrit",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil m-stem nouns",
    "Tamil nouns",
    "Tamil terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "Tamil terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "निमित्त"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निमित्त (nimitta)",
      "name": "lbor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निमित्त (nimitta).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nimittam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "நிமித்தம் • (nimittam)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for the sake of, on account of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for the sake of",
          "for the sake of"
        ],
        [
          "on account of",
          "on account of"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪imit̪ːam/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நிமித்தம்"
}

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