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},
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}
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},
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},
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}
],
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}
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}
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"3": "",
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},
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}
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"etymology_text": "The origin of the capital name is disputed:\n* Most likely from Old Estonian Tanin lidna (whence Tanillidna > Talilinna > Tallinna > Tallinn), equivalent to Taani (“Danish”) + linn (“city; fortress, castle”), from Proto-Finnic *litna (“town, city; fortification, fortress”).\n* An alternative theory derives it from tali (“winter”), equivalent to talv (“winter”), from Proto-Finnic *talvi (“winter”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tälwä (“winter”) or from talu (“farm, farmstead”), from Proto-Finnic *talo (“farm, farmstead”), from Baltic, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *talˀa- + linn (“city; fortress, castle”), from Proto-Finnic *litna (“town, city; fortification, fortress”).\nThe form Tallinn is official since 1933. Before, the official form was Tallinna, now very rare in the nominative. This makes Tallinn the only Estonian placename not to end in a vowel.",
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
"form": "length gradation",
"source": "declension",
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"class"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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]
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{
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]
},
{
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
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{
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"singular"
]
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{
"form": "-",
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"partitive",
"plural"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"illative",
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]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
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"illative",
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]
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"source": "declension",
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"elative",
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]
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]
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{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
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"allative",
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]
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"source": "declension",
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{
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"adessive",
"plural"
]
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{
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"ablative",
"plural"
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{
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"source": "declension",
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{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
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]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
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]
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{
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"essive",
"singular"
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{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
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"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnata",
"source": "declension",
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"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnaga",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
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"comitative",
"plural"
]
}
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},
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"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
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],
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"2": "n",
"3": "n",
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}
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"pos": "name",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "place",
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"name": "Capital cities",
"orig": "et:Capital cities",
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"Polities",
"Places",
"Names",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
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},
{
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"Polities",
"Names",
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"Nouns",
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"Names",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
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"Lemmas"
],
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}
],
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{
"english": "Tallinn bay",
"word": "Tallinna laht"
},
{
"tags": [
"Estonian",
"North"
],
"word": "tallinna keel"
},
{
"tags": [
"Estonian",
"North"
],
"word": "tallinnakeelne"
},
{
"english": "Tallinner; inhabitant of Tallinn",
"word": "tallinnlane"
},
{
"english": "(female) Tallinner",
"word": "tallinlanna"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Tallinn on Eesti suurim linn\nTallinn is the largest city in Estonia",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Tallinn (the capital city of Harju, Estonia)"
],
"id": "en-Tallinn-et-name-Fc-Vs~re",
"links": [
[
"Tallinn",
"Tallinn#English"
],
[
"capital city",
"capital city"
],
[
"Harju",
"Harju#English"
],
[
"Estonia",
"Estonia#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɑlʲːːinː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɑlʲːin(ː)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɑlʲin(ɑ)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɑlʲnɑ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑlːinː"
},
{
"audio": "ET-ee-Tallinn.ogg",
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"text": "Audio"
}
],
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},
{
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],
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},
{
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"Estonian",
"North"
],
"word": "tallinnakeelne"
},
{
"english": "Tallinner; inhabitant of Tallinn",
"word": "tallinnlane"
},
{
"english": "(female) Tallinner",
"word": "tallinlanna"
}
],
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"2": "Tallinn",
"bor": "1"
},
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},
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}
],
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"2": "Tallinn",
"bor": "1"
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}
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"etymology_text": "The origin of the capital name is disputed:\n* Most likely from Old Estonian Tanin lidna (whence Tanillidna > Talilinna > Tallinna > Tallinn), equivalent to Taani (“Danish”) + linn (“city; fortress, castle”), from Proto-Finnic *litna (“town, city; fortification, fortress”).\n* An alternative theory derives it from tali (“winter”), equivalent to talv (“winter”), from Proto-Finnic *talvi (“winter”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tälwä (“winter”) or from talu (“farm, farmstead”), from Proto-Finnic *talo (“farm, farmstead”), from Baltic, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *talˀa- + linn (“city; fortress, castle”), from Proto-Finnic *litna (“town, city; fortification, fortress”).\nThe form Tallinn is official since 1933. Before, the official form was Tallinna, now very rare in the nominative. This makes Tallinn the only Estonian placename not to end in a vowel.",
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},
{
"form": "et-decl-külm",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "length gradation",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "22i/külm",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
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"nominative",
"plural"
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
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},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
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"plural"
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
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"tags": [
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},
{
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"genitive",
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},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnasse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnale",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnalt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnaks",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnana",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnata",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tallinnaga",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "proper noun"
},
"expansion": "Tallinn",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Tal‧linn"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Tallin",
"2": "n",
"3": "n",
"4": "a",
"n": "sg"
},
"name": "et-decl-külm"
}
],
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
"Estonian külm-type nominals",
"Estonian lemmas",
"Estonian proper nouns",
"Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Estonian terms with audio links",
"Estonian terms with usage examples",
"Estonian uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:Estonian/ɑlːinː",
"et:Capital cities",
"et:Cities in Estonia",
"et:Places in Estonia"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Tallinn on Eesti suurim linn\nTallinn is the largest city in Estonia",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Tallinn (the capital city of Harju, Estonia)"
],
"links": [
[
"Tallinn",
"Tallinn#English"
],
[
"capital city",
"capital city"
],
[
"Harju",
"Harju#English"
],
[
"Estonia",
"Estonia#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɑlʲːːinː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɑlʲːin(ː)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɑlʲin(ɑ)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɑlʲnɑ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑlːinː"
},
{
"audio": "ET-ee-Tallinn.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/ET-ee-Tallinn.ogg/ET-ee-Tallinn.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/ET-ee-Tallinn.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "Tallinn"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Estonian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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