"கடவுள்" meaning in Tamil

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Noun

IPA: /kɐɖɐʋʊɭ/
Etymology: Compound of கட (kaṭa, “to cross, to be beyond”) + உள் (uḷ, “inside, internal”), can be translated as 'they who are beyond everything and inside everything.' Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|ta|கட|உள்|t1=to cross, to be beyond|t2=inside, internal}} Compound of கட (kaṭa, “to cross, to be beyond”) + உள் (uḷ, “inside, internal”) Head templates: {{head|ta|noun|g=n}} கடவுள் • (kaṭavuḷ) n Inflection templates: {{ta-decl|type=root}} Forms: kaṭavuḷ [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], கடவுள் [nominative, singular], கடவுள்கள் [nominative, plural], கடவுளே [singular, vocative], கடவுள்களே [plural, vocative], கடவுளை [accusative, singular], கடவுள்களை [accusative, plural], கடவுளுக்கு [dative, singular], கடவுள்களுக்கு [dative, plural], கடவுளுக்காக [benefactive, singular], கடவுள்களுக்காக [benefactive, plural], கடவுளுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கடவுள்களுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கடவுளின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கடவுள்களின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கடவுளில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கடவுள்களில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கடவுளிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கடவுள்களிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கடவுளோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கடவுள்களோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கடவுளுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கடவுள்களுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கடவுளால் [instrumental, singular], கடவுள்களால் [instrumental, plural], கடவுளிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], கடவுள்களிலிருந்து [ablative, plural]
  1. god, deity Tags: neuter Synonyms: இறைவன், ஆண்டவர், பெருமான், பரம்பொருள், தெய்வம், மெய்ப்பொருள், சாமி, கோ, பகவான், அகண்டன்
    Sense id: en-கடவுள்-ta-noun-EfnKoJLj Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Religion Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Religion: 100 0
  2. celestial being Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-கடவுள்-ta-noun-~vZM~xQz Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: இயவுள் (iyavuḷ) [archaic]
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      "glosses": [
        "god, deity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "இறைவன்"
        },
        {
          "word": "ஆண்டவர்"
        },
        {
          "word": "பெருமான்"
        },
        {
          "word": "பரம்பொருள்"
        },
        {
          "word": "தெய்வம்"
        },
        {
          "word": "மெய்ப்பொருள்"
        },
        {
          "word": "சாமி"
        },
        {
          "word": "கோ"
        },
        {
          "word": "பகவான்"
        },
        {
          "word": "அகண்டன்"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "celestial being"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐɖɐʋʊɭ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "கடவுள்"
}

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  "path": [
    "கடவுள்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "கடவுள்",
  "trace": ""
}

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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "கடவுள்",
  "trace": ""
}

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

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 2'",
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    "கடவுள்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "கடவுள்",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tamil dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-09-27 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-09-20 using wiktextract (fc15ba6 and 1ab82da). 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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