"காடு" meaning in Tamil

See காடு in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaːɖʊ/, [kaːɖɯ] Audio: Ta-காடு.ogg , LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-காடு.wav
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kāṭu. Doublet of கா (kā) and கான் (kāṉ). Cognates Cognate with Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu, “forest”), Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ) and Telugu కాడు (kāḍu). Compare Sanskrit कानन (kānana), a Dravidian borrowing. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ta|dra-pro|*kā|*kāṭu||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Dravidian *kāṭu, {{inh+|ta|dra-pro|*kā|*kāṭu}} Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kāṭu, {{dbt|ta|கா|கான்}} Doublet of கா (kā) and கான் (kāṉ), {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|kn|ಕಾಡು|t=forest}} Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu, “forest”), {{cog|ml|കാട്}} Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ), {{cog|te|కాడు}} Telugu కాడు (kāḍu), {{cog|sa|कानन}} Sanskrit कानन (kānana), {{ncog|dra}} Dravidian Head templates: {{ta-noun}} காடு • (kāṭu) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl}} Forms: kāṭu [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], காடு [nominative, singular], காடுகள் [nominative, plural], காடே [singular, vocative], காடுகளே [plural, vocative], காட்டை [accusative, singular], காடுகளை [accusative, plural], காட்டுக்கு [dative, singular], காடுகளுக்கு [dative, plural], காட்டுக்காக [benefactive, singular], காடுகளுக்காக [benefactive, plural], காட்டுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காடுகளுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காட்டின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காடுகளின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காட்டில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காடுகளில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காட்டிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காடுகளிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காட்டோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காடுகளோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காட்டுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காடுகளுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காட்டால் [instrumental, singular], காடுகளால் [instrumental, plural], காட்டிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], காடுகளிலிருந்து [ablative, plural]
  1. forest, jungle, woods
    Sense id: en-காடு-ta-noun-cdHE4XA5
  2. uncultivated tract
    Sense id: en-காடு-ta-noun-CVhMnLLW
  3. (agriculture) dry land (under cultivation) Synonyms: புன்செய், தோட்டம்
    Sense id: en-காடு-ta-noun-zpjvdaEZ Categories (other): Agriculture Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
  4. place; tract of land
    Sense id: en-காடு-ta-noun-R09qv4Ye
  5. desert, land not regularly inhabited by people Synonyms: பாலை, பாலைவனம்
    Sense id: en-காடு-ta-noun-zY8JedFw
  6. a toponym
    Sense id: en-காடு-ta-noun-XQFeSRsG
  7. small village Synonyms: சிற்றூர்
    Sense id: en-காடு-ta-noun-2coUrM-c
  8. burning-ghat, burial ground Synonyms: சுடுகாடு
    Sense id: en-காடு-ta-noun-y2JVBf9P Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil terms with redundant script codes, Forests Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 5 1 3 1 1 2 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 1 3 1 1 2 84 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 6 7 5 4 3 3 2 70 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 13 17 3 9 6 12 17 22 Disambiguation of Forests: 26 10 3 7 3 3 3 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: காடு, கா, கான், கானகம், வனம், அடவி, பொழில், அரண், புறவு, தில்லம், கடறு, அழுவம், வல்லை Derived forms: ஆற்காடு (āṟkāṭu), இடுகாடு (iṭukāṭu), உழவுகாடு (uḻavukāṭu), ஏற்காடு (ēṟkāṭu), காட்டகத்தமிர்து (kāṭṭakattamirtu), காட்டாமணக்கு (kāṭṭāmaṇakku), காட்டுப்பயிர் (kāṭṭuppayir), காட்டெருமை (kāṭṭerumai), காட்டேறி (kāṭṭēṟi), சுடுகாடு (cuṭukāṭu), பட்டிக்காடு (paṭṭikkāṭu), வெள்ளக்காடு (veḷḷakkāṭu)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "āṟkāṭu",
      "word": "ஆற்காடு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "iṭukāṭu",
      "word": "இடுகாடு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "uḻavukāṭu",
      "word": "உழவுகாடு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ēṟkāṭu",
      "word": "ஏற்காடு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kāṭṭakattamirtu",
      "word": "காட்டகத்தமிர்து"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kāṭṭāmaṇakku",
      "word": "காட்டாமணக்கு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kāṭṭuppayir",
      "word": "காட்டுப்பயிர்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kāṭṭerumai",
      "word": "காட்டெருமை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kāṭṭēṟi",
      "word": "காட்டேறி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cuṭukāṭu",
      "word": "சுடுகாடு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "paṭṭikkāṭu",
      "word": "பட்டிக்காடு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "veḷḷakkāṭu",
      "word": "வெள்ளக்காடு"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*kā",
        "4": "*kāṭu",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *kāṭu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*kā",
        "4": "*kāṭu"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kāṭu",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "கா",
        "3": "கான்"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of கா (kā) and கான் (kāṉ)",
      "name": "dbt"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2",
        "2": "cog"
      },
      "expansion": "Cognates",
      "name": "col-top"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ಕಾಡು",
        "t": "forest"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu, “forest”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "കാട്"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "కాడు"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu కాడు (kāḍu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "कानन"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit कानन (kānana)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dra"
      },
      "expansion": "Dravidian",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kāṭu. Doublet of கா (kā) and கான் (kāṉ).\nCognates\nCognate with Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu, “forest”), Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ) and Telugu కాడు (kāḍu).\nCompare Sanskrit कानन (kānana), a Dravidian borrowing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kāṭu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடு",
      "roman": "kāṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகள்",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடே",
      "roman": "kāṭē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளே",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டை",
      "roman": "kāṭṭai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளை",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டுக்கு",
      "roman": "kāṭṭukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளுக்கு",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டுக்காக",
      "roman": "kāṭṭukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளுக்காக",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டுடைய",
      "roman": "kāṭṭuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளுடைய",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டின்",
      "roman": "kāṭṭiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளின்",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டில்",
      "roman": "kāṭṭil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளில்",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டிடம்",
      "roman": "kāṭṭiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளிடம்",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டோடு",
      "roman": "kāṭṭōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளோடு",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டுடன்",
      "roman": "kāṭṭuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளுடன்",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டால்",
      "roman": "kāṭṭāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளால்",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kāṭṭiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காடுகளிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kāṭukaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "காடு • (kāṭu)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "forest, jungle, woods"
      ],
      "id": "en-காடு-ta-noun-cdHE4XA5",
      "links": [
        [
          "forest",
          "forest"
        ],
        [
          "jungle",
          "jungle"
        ],
        [
          "woods",
          "woods"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "uncultivated tract"
      ],
      "id": "en-காடு-ta-noun-CVhMnLLW",
      "links": [
        [
          "uncultivated",
          "uncultivated"
        ],
        [
          "tract",
          "tract"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Agriculture",
          "orig": "ta:Agriculture",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dry land (under cultivation)"
      ],
      "id": "en-காடு-ta-noun-zpjvdaEZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "agriculture",
          "agriculture"
        ],
        [
          "dry",
          "dry"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(agriculture) dry land (under cultivation)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "புன்செய்"
        },
        {
          "word": "தோட்டம்"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "paddy field",
          "roman": "vayaṟkāṭu",
          "text": "வயற்காடு",
          "translation": "paddy field",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "place; tract of land"
      ],
      "id": "en-காடு-ta-noun-R09qv4Ye",
      "links": [
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ],
        [
          "tract",
          "tract"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "desert, land not regularly inhabited by people"
      ],
      "id": "en-காடு-ta-noun-zY8JedFw",
      "links": [
        [
          "desert",
          "desert"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "inhabit",
          "inhabit"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "பாலை"
        },
        {
          "word": "பாலைவனம்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Examples: ஆற்காடு (āṟkāṭu, “Arcot”), ஏற்காடு (ēṟkāṭu, “Yercaud”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a toponym"
      ],
      "id": "en-காடு-ta-noun-XQFeSRsG",
      "links": [
        [
          "toponym",
          "toponym"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "small village"
      ],
      "id": "en-காடு-ta-noun-2coUrM-c",
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "சிற்றூர்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 5 1 3 1 1 2 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 1 3 1 1 2 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 7 5 4 3 3 2 70",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 17 3 9 6 12 17 22",
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          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
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      "ipa": "[kaːɖɯ]"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "அழுவம்"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    "Tamil nouns",
    "Tamil terms derived from Proto-Dravidian",
    "Tamil terms inherited from Proto-Dravidian",
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    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
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      "roman": "iṭukāṭu",
      "word": "இடுகாடு"
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      "roman": "uḻavukāṭu",
      "word": "உழவுகாடு"
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    {
      "roman": "ēṟkāṭu",
      "word": "ஏற்காடு"
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      "roman": "kāṭṭakattamirtu",
      "word": "காட்டகத்தமிர்து"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāṭṭāmaṇakku",
      "word": "காட்டாமணக்கு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāṭṭuppayir",
      "word": "காட்டுப்பயிர்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāṭṭerumai",
      "word": "காட்டெருமை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāṭṭēṟi",
      "word": "காட்டேறி"
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    {
      "roman": "cuṭukāṭu",
      "word": "சுடுகாடு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "paṭṭikkāṭu",
      "word": "பட்டிக்காடு"
    },
    {
      "roman": "veḷḷakkāṭu",
      "word": "வெள்ளக்காடு"
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        "g": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
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        "pos": "",
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      "form": "காடுகளை",
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      "form": "காட்டுக்கு",
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    {
      "form": "காடுகளுக்கு",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டுக்காக",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "காடுகளுக்காக",
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    {
      "form": "காட்டுடைய",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    {
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "காட்டின்",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "காட்டில்",
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    {
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      "form": "காட்டிடம்",
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    {
      "form": "காட்டுடன்",
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    {
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "காட்டால்",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "காடுகளால்",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "காட்டிலிருந்து",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "காடுகளிலிருந்து",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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        [
          "jungle",
          "jungle"
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          "woods",
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          "tract"
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          "land",
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        {
          "word": "புன்செய்"
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        {
          "word": "தோட்டம்"
        }
      ],
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        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
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              9
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              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
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          ],
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          "roman": "vayaṟkāṭu",
          "text": "வயற்காடு",
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      ],
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        "place; tract of land"
      ],
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          "tract"
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          "land"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "desert"
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          "land",
          "land"
        ],
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        {
          "word": "பாலை"
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        {
          "word": "பாலைவனம்"
        }
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    },
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          "text": "Examples: ஆற்காடு (āṟkāṭu, “Arcot”), ஏற்காடு (ēṟkāṭu, “Yercaud”)"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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          "toponym"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "small"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "சிற்றூர்"
        }
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "burning-ghat"
        ],
        [
          "burial ground",
          "burial ground"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "சுடுகாடு"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/kaːɖʊ/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[kaːɖɯ]"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "காடு"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "கா"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "கான்"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "கானகம்"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "வனம்"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "அடவி"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "பொழில்"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "அரண்"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "புறவு"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "தில்லம்"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "கடறு"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "அழுவம்"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:காடு",
      "word": "வல்லை"
    }
  ],
  "word": "காடு"
}

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

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 2'",
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  ],
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 1'",
  "path": [
    "காடு"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "காடு",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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

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