See -தனம் on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "-ತನ"
},
"expansion": "Kannada -ತನ (-tana)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "-తనము"
},
"expansion": "Telugu -తనము (-tanamu)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pra",
"2": "𑀢𑀦𑀫𑁆"
},
"expansion": "Prakrit 𑀢𑀦𑀫𑁆 (tanam)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "-त्व"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit -त्व (-tva)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Kannada -ತನ (-tana), Telugu -తనము (-tanamu). Probably related to தன் (taṉ), தன்மை (taṉmai, “nature, character, property”). Also compare Prakrit 𑀢𑀦𑀫𑁆 (tanam), Sanskrit -त्व (-tva).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-taṉam",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-தனம் • (-taṉam)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using catfix",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "குழந்தை (kuḻantai, “child”) + -தனம் (-taṉam) → குழந்தைத்தனம் (kuḻantaittaṉam, “childishness”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"-ness, -ity (forms abstract nouns (expressive of or manifesting quality) from nouns and adjectives)"
],
"id": "en--தனம்-ta-suffix-5ngK0VC1",
"links": [
[
"-ness",
"-ness"
],
[
"-ity",
"-ity"
],
[
"abstract noun",
"abstract noun#English"
],
[
"quality",
"quality#English"
],
[
"noun",
"noun#English"
],
[
"adjective",
"adjective#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "-மை"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/t̪ɐnɐm/"
}
],
"word": "-தனம்"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "-ತನ"
},
"expansion": "Kannada -ತನ (-tana)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "-తనము"
},
"expansion": "Telugu -తనము (-tanamu)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pra",
"2": "𑀢𑀦𑀫𑁆"
},
"expansion": "Prakrit 𑀢𑀦𑀫𑁆 (tanam)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "-त्व"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit -त्व (-tva)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Kannada -ತನ (-tana), Telugu -తనము (-tanamu). Probably related to தன் (taṉ), தன்மை (taṉmai, “nature, character, property”). Also compare Prakrit 𑀢𑀦𑀫𑁆 (tanam), Sanskrit -त्व (-tva).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-taṉam",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-தனம் • (-taṉam)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages using catfix",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
"Tamil lemmas",
"Tamil noun-forming suffixes",
"Tamil suffixes",
"Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "குழந்தை (kuḻantai, “child”) + -தனம் (-taṉam) → குழந்தைத்தனம் (kuḻantaittaṉam, “childishness”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"-ness, -ity (forms abstract nouns (expressive of or manifesting quality) from nouns and adjectives)"
],
"links": [
[
"-ness",
"-ness"
],
[
"-ity",
"-ity"
],
[
"abstract noun",
"abstract noun#English"
],
[
"quality",
"quality#English"
],
[
"noun",
"noun#English"
],
[
"adjective",
"adjective#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "-மை"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/t̪ɐnɐm/"
}
],
"word": "-தனம்"
}
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