"எவன்" meaning in Tamil

See எவன் in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ɛʋɐn/ Forms: evaṉ [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yAHwanṯu. Cognate with Malayalam എവൻ (evaṉ), Kannada ಯಾವನು (yāvanu). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ta|dra-pro|*yĀ-|*yAHwanṯu||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Dravidian *yAHwanṯu, {{inh+|ta|dra-pro|*yĀ-|*yAHwanṯu}} Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yAHwanṯu, {{cog|ml|എവൻ}} Malayalam എവൻ (evaṉ), {{cog|kn|ಯಾವನು}} Kannada ಯಾವನು (yāvanu) Head templates: {{head|ta|pronoun}} எவன் • (evaṉ)
  1. (interrogative, masculine) which person Tags: interrogative, masculine
    Sense id: en-எவன்-ta-pron-WQ8oiSkQ Categories (other): Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil pronouns Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Tamil pronouns: 66 34
  2. (interrogative, masculine) who Tags: interrogative, masculine
    Sense id: en-எவன்-ta-pron-btAzcUC9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: யாவன் (yāvaṉ)

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for எவன் meaning in Tamil (1.9kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*yĀ-",
        "4": "*yAHwanṯu",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *yAHwanṯu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*yĀ-",
        "4": "*yAHwanṯu"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from 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": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yAHwanṯu. Cognate with Malayalam എവൻ (evaṉ), Kannada ಯಾವನು (yāvanu).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "evaṉ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "எவன் • (evaṉ)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which person"
      ],
      "id": "en-எவன்-ta-pron-WQ8oiSkQ",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative, masculine) which person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "who"
      ],
      "id": "en-எவன்-ta-pron-btAzcUC9",
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative, masculine) who"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛʋɐn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yāvaṉ",
      "word": "யாவன்"
    }
  ],
  "word": "எவன்"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil pronouns",
    "Tamil terms derived from Proto-Dravidian",
    "Tamil terms inherited from Proto-Dravidian",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*yĀ-",
        "4": "*yAHwanṯu",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *yAHwanṯu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*yĀ-",
        "4": "*yAHwanṯu"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from 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": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yAHwanṯu. Cognate with Malayalam എവൻ (evaṉ), Kannada ಯಾವನು (yāvanu).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "evaṉ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "எவன் • (evaṉ)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "which person"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative, masculine) which person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "who"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative, masculine) who"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛʋɐn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yāvaṉ",
      "word": "யாவன்"
    }
  ],
  "word": "எவன்"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tamil dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.