"கணவன்" meaning in Tamil

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Noun

IPA: /kaɳaʋan/ Audio: Ta-கணவன்.ogg
Etymology: Probably from கண் (kaṇ, “eye”) + அவன் (avaṉ, “he”), literally “he who's precious as one's own eye”. Etymology templates: {{com|ta|கண்|அவன்|lit=he who's precious as one's own eye|t1=eye|t2=he}} கண் (kaṇ, “eye”) + அவன் (avaṉ, “he”), literally “he who's precious as one's own eye” Head templates: {{ta-noun}} கணவன் • (kaṇavaṉ) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl}} Forms: kaṇavaṉ [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], கணவன் [nominative, singular], கணவர்கள் [nominative, plural], கணவனே [singular, vocative], கணவர்களே [plural, vocative], கணவனை [accusative, singular], கணவர்களை [accusative, plural], கணவனுக்கு [dative, singular], கணவர்களுக்கு [dative, plural], கணவனுக்காக [benefactive, singular], கணவர்களுக்காக [benefactive, plural], கணவனுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கணவர்களுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கணவனின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கணவர்களின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கணவனில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கணவர்களில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கணவனிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கணவர்களிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கணவனோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கணவர்களோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கணவனுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கணவர்களுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கணவனால் [instrumental, singular], கணவர்களால் [instrumental, plural], கணவனிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], கணவர்களிலிருந்து [ablative, plural], கணவர் [alternative]
  1. husband Synonyms: கொழுநன், கொண்டவன், வல்லவன், புருஷன்
    Sense id: en-கணவன்-ta-noun-n-6PiLk6 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil terms with redundant script codes, Family, Male family members, Marriage
     
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  "antonyms": [
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      "roman": "maṉaivi",
      "word": "மனைவி"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "கண்",
        "3": "அவன்",
        "lit": "he who's precious as one's own eye",
        "t1": "eye",
        "t2": "he"
      },
      "expansion": "கண் (kaṇ, “eye”) + அவன் (avaṉ, “he”), literally “he who's precious as one's own eye”",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from கண் (kaṇ, “eye”) + அவன் (avaṉ, “he”), literally “he who's precious as one's own eye”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kaṇavaṉ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவன்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்கள்",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனே",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களே",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனை",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களை",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனுக்கு",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களுக்கு",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனுக்காக",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களுக்காக",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனுடைய",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களுடைய",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனின்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களின்",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனில்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களில்",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனிடம்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களிடம்",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனோடு",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களோடு",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனுடன்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனால்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களால்",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்",
      "roman": "kaṇavar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "கணவன் • (kaṇavaṉ)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "ta:Family",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "ta:Male family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Marriage",
          "orig": "ta:Marriage",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "husband"
      ],
      "id": "en-கணவன்-ta-noun-n-6PiLk6",
      "links": [
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "கொழுநன்"
        },
        {
          "word": "கொண்டவன்"
        },
        {
          "word": "வல்லவன்"
        },
        {
          "word": "புருஷன்"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/kaɳaʋan/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "கணவன்"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "maṉaivi",
      "word": "மனைவி"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "கண்",
        "3": "அவன்",
        "lit": "he who's precious as one's own eye",
        "t1": "eye",
        "t2": "he"
      },
      "expansion": "கண் (kaṇ, “eye”) + அவன் (avaṉ, “he”), literally “he who's precious as one's own eye”",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from கண் (kaṇ, “eye”) + அவன் (avaṉ, “he”), literally “he who's precious as one's own eye”.",
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      "form": "kaṇavaṉ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவன்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்கள்",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனே",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களே",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனை",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களை",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனுக்கு",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களுக்கு",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனுக்காக",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களுக்காக",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனுடைய",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களுடைய",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனின்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களின்",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனில்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களில்",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனிடம்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களிடம்",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனோடு",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களோடு",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனுடன்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களுடன்",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனால்",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களால்",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவனிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kaṇavaṉiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kaṇavarkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கணவர்",
      "roman": "kaṇavar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "கணவன் • (kaṇavaṉ)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tamil compound terms",
        "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tamil lemmas",
        "Tamil nouns",
        "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
        "Tamil ṉ-stem nouns",
        "ta:Family",
        "ta:Male family members",
        "ta:Marriage"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "husband"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "கொழுநன்"
        },
        {
          "word": "கொண்டவன்"
        },
        {
          "word": "வல்லவன்"
        },
        {
          "word": "புருஷன்"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɳaʋan/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ta-கணவன்.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "கணவன்"
}

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

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 2'",
  "path": [
    "கணவன்"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "கணவன்",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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

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

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tamil dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). 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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