"ஓலம்" meaning in Tamil

See ஓலம் in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /oːlɐm/
Etymology: From ஓல் (ōl) + -அம் (-am), the former from ஓ (ō), onomatopoeic representation of a cry (see ஓவெனல் (ōveṉal)). Cognate with Malayalam ഓലം (ōlaṁ) and Telugu ఓల (ōla). Etymology templates: {{af|ta|ஓல்|-அம்}} ஓல் (ōl) + -அம் (-am), {{lg|onomatopoeic}} onomatopoeic, {{cog|ml|ഓലം}} Malayalam ഓലം (ōlaṁ), {{cog|te|ఓల}} Telugu ఓల (ōla) Head templates: {{ta-noun}} ஓலம் • (ōlam) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl}} Forms: ōlam [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ஓலம் [nominative, singular], ஓலங்கள் [nominative, plural], ஓலமே [singular, vocative], ஓலங்களே [plural, vocative], ஓலத்தை [accusative, singular], ஓலங்களை [accusative, plural], ஓலத்துக்கு [dative, singular], ஓலங்களுக்கு [dative, plural], ஓலத்துக்காக [benefactive, singular], ஓலங்களுக்காக [benefactive, plural], ஓலத்துடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], ஓலங்களுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], ஓலத்தின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], ஓலங்களின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], ஓலத்தில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], ஓலங்களில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], ஓலத்திடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], ஓலங்களிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], ஓலத்தோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], ஓலங்களோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], ஓலத்துடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], ஓலங்களுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], ஓலத்தால் [instrumental, singular], ஓலங்களால் [instrumental, plural], ஓலத்திலிருந்து [ablative, singular], ஓலங்களிலிருந்து [ablative, plural]
  1. sound, noise, roar Synonyms: ஒலி, சத்தம்
    Sense id: en-ஓலம்-ta-noun-lj73~Vmr Categories (other): Animal sounds, Sound, Sounds Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 56 25 18 Disambiguation of Sound: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Sounds: 64 21 15
  2. wailing, lamentation, calling out for help, heartrending cry Synonyms: கூக்குரல், அழுகை, கதறல்
    Sense id: en-ஓலம்-ta-noun-H7tZ8hMY Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil terms suffixed with -அம் Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 85 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 87 7 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 8 77 15 Disambiguation of Tamil terms suffixed with -அம்: 14 61 25
  3. howling (of jackal, dog, etc.) Synonyms: ஊளை
    Sense id: en-ஓலம்-ta-noun-4wTR4zlG Categories (other): Tamil terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 29 31 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ஓலமிடு (ōlamiṭu)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ōlamiṭu",
      "word": "ஓலமிடு"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "ஓல்",
        "3": "-அம்"
      },
      "expansion": "ஓல் (ōl) + -அம் (-am)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "onomatopoeic"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "lg"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "ഓലം"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam ഓലം (ōlaṁ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "ఓల"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu ఓల (ōla)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ஓல் (ōl) + -அம் (-am), the former from ஓ (ō), onomatopoeic representation of a cry (see ஓவெனல் (ōveṉal)). Cognate with Malayalam ഓലം (ōlaṁ) and Telugu ఓల (ōla).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ōlam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலம்",
      "roman": "ōlam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்கள்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலமே",
      "roman": "ōlamē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களே",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்தை",
      "roman": "ōlattai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களை",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்துக்கு",
      "roman": "ōlattukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களுக்கு",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்துக்காக",
      "roman": "ōlattukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களுக்காக",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்துடைய",
      "roman": "ōlattuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களுடைய",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்தின்",
      "roman": "ōlattiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களின்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்தில்",
      "roman": "ōlattil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களில்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்திடம்",
      "roman": "ōlattiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களிடம்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்தோடு",
      "roman": "ōlattōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களோடு",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்துடன்",
      "roman": "ōlattuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களுடன்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்தால்",
      "roman": "ōlattāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களால்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்திலிருந்து",
      "roman": "ōlattiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ஓலம் • (ōlam)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "56 25 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Animal sounds",
          "orig": "ta:Animal sounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Sound",
          "orig": "ta:Sound",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 21 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Sounds",
          "orig": "ta:Sounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sound, noise, roar"
      ],
      "id": "en-ஓலம்-ta-noun-lj73~Vmr",
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ],
        [
          "roar",
          "roar"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ஒலி"
        },
        {
          "word": "சத்தம்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 85 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 87 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 77 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 61 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms suffixed with -அம்",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wailing, lamentation, calling out for help, heartrending cry"
      ],
      "id": "en-ஓலம்-ta-noun-H7tZ8hMY",
      "links": [
        [
          "wailing",
          "wailing"
        ],
        [
          "lamentation",
          "lamentation"
        ],
        [
          "heartrending",
          "heartrending"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "கூக்குரல்"
        },
        {
          "word": "அழுகை"
        },
        {
          "word": "கதறல்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 31 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "howling (of jackal, dog, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ஓலம்-ta-noun-4wTR4zlG",
      "links": [
        [
          "howling",
          "howling"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ஊளை"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/oːlɐm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ஓலம்"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil m-stem nouns",
    "Tamil nouns",
    "Tamil terms suffixed with -அம்",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
    "ta:Animal sounds",
    "ta:Sound",
    "ta:Sounds"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ōlamiṭu",
      "word": "ஓலமிடு"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "ஓல்",
        "3": "-அம்"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "onomatopoeic"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "lg"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "ഓലം"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "te",
        "2": "ఓల"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu ఓల (ōla)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ஓல் (ōl) + -அம் (-am), the former from ஓ (ō), onomatopoeic representation of a cry (see ஓவெனல் (ōveṉal)). Cognate with Malayalam ഓലം (ōlaṁ) and Telugu ఓల (ōla).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ōlam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலம்",
      "roman": "ōlam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்கள்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலமே",
      "roman": "ōlamē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களே",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்தை",
      "roman": "ōlattai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களை",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்துக்கு",
      "roman": "ōlattukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களுக்கு",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்துக்காக",
      "roman": "ōlattukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களுக்காக",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்துடைய",
      "roman": "ōlattuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களுடைய",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்தின்",
      "roman": "ōlattiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களின்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்தில்",
      "roman": "ōlattil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களில்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்திடம்",
      "roman": "ōlattiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களிடம்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்தோடு",
      "roman": "ōlattōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களோடு",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்துடன்",
      "roman": "ōlattuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களுடன்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்தால்",
      "roman": "ōlattāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களால்",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலத்திலிருந்து",
      "roman": "ōlattiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ஓலங்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "ōlaṅkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ஓலம் • (ōlam)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sound, noise, roar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ],
        [
          "roar",
          "roar"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ஒலி"
        },
        {
          "word": "சத்தம்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wailing, lamentation, calling out for help, heartrending cry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wailing",
          "wailing"
        ],
        [
          "lamentation",
          "lamentation"
        ],
        [
          "heartrending",
          "heartrending"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "கூக்குரல்"
        },
        {
          "word": "அழுகை"
        },
        {
          "word": "கதறல்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "howling (of jackal, dog, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "howling",
          "howling"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ஊளை"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/oːlɐm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ஓலம்"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 1'",
  "path": [
    "ஓலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ஓலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 2'",
  "path": [
    "ஓலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ஓலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 1'",
  "path": [
    "ஓலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ஓலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 2'",
  "path": [
    "ஓலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ஓலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 1'",
  "path": [
    "ஓலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ஓலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 2'",
  "path": [
    "ஓலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ஓலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

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