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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "எ-",
"3": "-வன்",
"pos1": "interrogative marker"
},
"expansion": "எ- (e-, interrogative marker) + -வன் (-vaṉ)",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "dra-pro",
"3": "*yĀ-",
"4": "*yAHwanṯu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *yAHwanṯu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "എവൻ"
},
"expansion": "Malayalam എവൻ (evaṉ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಯಾವನು"
},
"expansion": "Kannada ಯಾವನು (yāvanu)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From எ- (e-, interrogative marker) + -வன் (-vaṉ), see Proto-Dravidian *yAHwanṯu. Cognate with Malayalam എവൻ (evaṉ), Kannada ಯಾವನು (yāvanu).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "evaṉ",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ta-decl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "எவன்",
"roman": "evaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்கள்",
"roman": "evarkaḷ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனே",
"roman": "evaṉē",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களே",
"roman": "evarkaḷē",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனை",
"roman": "evaṉai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களை",
"roman": "evarkaḷai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனுக்கு",
"roman": "evaṉukku",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களுக்கு",
"roman": "evarkaḷukku",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனுக்காக",
"roman": "evaṉukkāka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"benefactive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களுக்காக",
"roman": "evarkaḷukkāka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"benefactive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனுடைய",
"roman": "evaṉuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களுடைய",
"roman": "evarkaḷuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனின்",
"roman": "evaṉiṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களின்",
"roman": "evarkaḷiṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனில்",
"roman": "evaṉil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களில்",
"roman": "evarkaḷil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனிடம்",
"roman": "evaṉiṭam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களிடம்",
"roman": "evarkaḷiṭam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனோடு",
"roman": "evaṉōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களோடு",
"roman": "evarkaḷōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனுடன்",
"roman": "evaṉuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களுடன்",
"roman": "evarkaḷuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனால்",
"roman": "evaṉāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களால்",
"roman": "evarkaḷāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனிலிருந்து",
"roman": "evaṉiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களிலிருந்து",
"roman": "evarkaḷiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "யாவன்",
"roman": "yāvaṉ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "யவன்",
"roman": "yavaṉ",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Tamil",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "எவன் • (evaṉ)",
"name": "ta-pronoun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "interrogative",
"3": "masculine"
},
"expansion": "(interrogative, masculine)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ta-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"pos": "pron",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yāṉ",
"word": "நான்யான்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yām",
"word": "நாங்கள்யாம்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "nām",
"word": "நாம்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "tāṅkaḷ",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "தான்தாம்தாங்கள்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "tāṅkaḷ",
"word": "தாங்கள்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "nīm",
"tags": [
"formal",
"informal",
"rare"
],
"word": "நீநீர்நீங்கள்நீம்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "nīm",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "நீவிர்நீங்கள்நீம்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "evaṉ",
"word": "proximal: இவன்distal: அவன் yonder: உவன்interrogative: எவன்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yāvaṉ",
"word": "யாவன்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "evarkaḷ",
"word": "proximal: இவர்கள்distal: அவர்கள் yonder: உவர்கள்interrogative: எவர்கள்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yāvar",
"word": "யாவர்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "evaḷ",
"word": "proximal: இவள்distal: அவள் yonder: உவள்interrogative: எவள்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yāvaḷ",
"word": "யாவள்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "evar",
"word": "proximal: இவர்distal: அவர் yonder: உவர்interrogative: எவர்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yār",
"word": "யார்"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "etu",
"word": "proximal: இதுdistal: அது yonder: உதுinterrogative: எது"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yātu",
"word": "யாது"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "evai",
"word": "proximal: இவைdistal: அவை yonder: உவைinterrogative: எவை"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "yāvai",
"word": "யாவை"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
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"_dis": "100 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "100 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "100 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "95 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil interrogative pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "95 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil personal pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "89 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "100 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil terms prefixed with எ-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "100 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil terms suffixed with -வன்",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "100 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"who, which person"
],
"id": "en-எவன்-ta-pron-edXgdAax",
"links": [
[
"who",
"who"
]
],
"tags": [
"interrogative",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"whom (as an object of a verb)"
],
"id": "en-எவன்-ta-pron-8IUlXbuL",
"links": [
[
"whom",
"whom"
]
],
"tags": [
"interrogative",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛʋɐn/"
},
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"audio": "LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-எவன்.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/LL-Q5885_%28tam%29-Sriveenkat-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D.wav/LL-Q5885_%28tam%29-Sriveenkat-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D.wav.mp3",
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}
],
"word": "எவன்"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
"Tamil interrogative pronouns",
"Tamil lemmas",
"Tamil personal pronouns",
"Tamil pronouns",
"Tamil terms derived from Proto-Dravidian",
"Tamil terms inherited from Proto-Dravidian",
"Tamil terms prefixed with எ-",
"Tamil terms suffixed with -வன்",
"Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
"Tamil ṉ-stem nouns"
],
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"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "எ-",
"3": "-வன்",
"pos1": "interrogative marker"
},
"expansion": "எ- (e-, interrogative marker) + -வன் (-vaṉ)",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "dra-pro",
"3": "*yĀ-",
"4": "*yAHwanṯu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *yAHwanṯu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "എവൻ"
},
"expansion": "Malayalam എവൻ (evaṉ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಯಾವನು"
},
"expansion": "Kannada ಯಾವನು (yāvanu)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From எ- (e-, interrogative marker) + -வன் (-vaṉ), see Proto-Dravidian *yAHwanṯu. Cognate with Malayalam എവൻ (evaṉ), Kannada ಯಾವನು (yāvanu).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "evaṉ",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ta-decl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "எவன்",
"roman": "evaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்கள்",
"roman": "evarkaḷ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனே",
"roman": "evaṉē",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களே",
"roman": "evarkaḷē",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனை",
"roman": "evaṉai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களை",
"roman": "evarkaḷai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனுக்கு",
"roman": "evaṉukku",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களுக்கு",
"roman": "evarkaḷukku",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனுக்காக",
"roman": "evaṉukkāka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"benefactive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களுக்காக",
"roman": "evarkaḷukkāka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"benefactive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனுடைய",
"roman": "evaṉuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களுடைய",
"roman": "evarkaḷuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனின்",
"roman": "evaṉiṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களின்",
"roman": "evarkaḷiṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனில்",
"roman": "evaṉil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களில்",
"roman": "evarkaḷil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனிடம்",
"roman": "evaṉiṭam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களிடம்",
"roman": "evarkaḷiṭam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனோடு",
"roman": "evaṉōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களோடு",
"roman": "evarkaḷōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனுடன்",
"roman": "evaṉuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களுடன்",
"roman": "evarkaḷuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனால்",
"roman": "evaṉāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களால்",
"roman": "evarkaḷāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "எவனிலிருந்து",
"roman": "evaṉiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "எவர்களிலிருந்து",
"roman": "evarkaḷiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "யாவன்",
"roman": "yāvaṉ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "யவன்",
"roman": "yavaṉ",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Tamil",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "எவன் • (evaṉ)",
"name": "ta-pronoun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "interrogative",
"3": "masculine"
},
"expansion": "(interrogative, masculine)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "ta-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"pos": "pron",
"related": [
{
"roman": "yāṉ",
"word": "நான்யான்"
},
{
"roman": "yām",
"word": "நாங்கள்யாம்"
},
{
"roman": "nām",
"word": "நாம்"
},
{
"roman": "tāṅkaḷ",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "தான்தாம்தாங்கள்"
},
{
"roman": "tāṅkaḷ",
"word": "தாங்கள்"
},
{
"roman": "nīm",
"tags": [
"formal",
"informal",
"rare"
],
"word": "நீநீர்நீங்கள்நீம்"
},
{
"roman": "nīm",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "நீவிர்நீங்கள்நீம்"
},
{
"roman": "evaṉ",
"word": "proximal: இவன்distal: அவன் yonder: உவன்interrogative: எவன்"
},
{
"roman": "yāvaṉ",
"word": "யாவன்"
},
{
"roman": "evarkaḷ",
"word": "proximal: இவர்கள்distal: அவர்கள் yonder: உவர்கள்interrogative: எவர்கள்"
},
{
"roman": "yāvar",
"word": "யாவர்"
},
{
"roman": "evaḷ",
"word": "proximal: இவள்distal: அவள் yonder: உவள்interrogative: எவள்"
},
{
"roman": "yāvaḷ",
"word": "யாவள்"
},
{
"roman": "evar",
"word": "proximal: இவர்distal: அவர் yonder: உவர்interrogative: எவர்"
},
{
"roman": "yār",
"word": "யார்"
},
{
"roman": "etu",
"word": "proximal: இதுdistal: அது yonder: உதுinterrogative: எது"
},
{
"roman": "yātu",
"word": "யாது"
},
{
"roman": "evai",
"word": "proximal: இவைdistal: அவை yonder: உவைinterrogative: எவை"
},
{
"roman": "yāvai",
"word": "யாவை"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"who, which person"
],
"links": [
[
"who",
"who"
]
],
"tags": [
"interrogative",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"whom (as an object of a verb)"
],
"links": [
[
"whom",
"whom"
]
],
"tags": [
"interrogative",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛʋɐn/"
},
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"audio": "Ta-எவன்.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/Ta-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Ta-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D.ogg"
},
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"audio": "LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-எவன்.wav",
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}
],
"word": "எவன்"
}
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