See காடு in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"plural"
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"error-unrecognized-form",
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"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
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{
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{
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"form": "காட்டை",
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"singular"
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{
"form": "காடுகளை",
"roman": "kāṭukaḷai",
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"tags": [
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "காட்டுக்கு",
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"singular"
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{
"form": "காடுகளுக்கு",
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"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "காட்டுக்காக",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"singular"
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},
{
"form": "காடுகளுக்காக",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"plural"
]
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{
"form": "காட்டுடைய",
"roman": "kāṭṭuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "காடுகளுடைய",
"roman": "kāṭukaḷuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "காட்டின்",
"roman": "kāṭṭiṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "காடுகளின்",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "காட்டில்",
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"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"
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},
{
"form": "காடுகளுடன்",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
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"form": "காட்டால்",
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},
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"singular"
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"plural"
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[
"jungle",
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[
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"word": "வனம்"
},
{
"word": "அடவி"
},
{
"word": "கா"
},
{
"word": "பொழில்"
},
{
"word": "அரண்"
},
{
"word": "புறவு"
},
{
"word": "தில்லம்"
},
{
"word": "கான்"
},
{
"word": "கடறு"
},
{
"word": "அழுவம்"
},
{
"word": "வல்லை"
}
]
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{
"text": "Examples: ஆற்காடு (āṟkāṭu, “Arcot”), ஏற்காடு (ēṟkāṭu, “Yercaud”)"
}
],
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"a common toponym suffix meaning the same."
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[
"forest",
"forest"
],
[
"jungle",
"jungle"
],
[
"woods",
"woods"
],
[
"toponym",
"toponym"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "வனம்"
},
{
"word": "அடவி"
},
{
"word": "கா"
},
{
"word": "பொழில்"
},
{
"word": "அரண்"
},
{
"word": "புறவு"
},
{
"word": "தில்லம்"
},
{
"word": "கான்"
},
{
"word": "கடறு"
},
{
"word": "அழுவம்"
},
{
"word": "வல்லை"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kaːɖɯ/"
},
{
"audio": "Ta-காடு.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/Ta-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Ta-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81.ogg"
}
],
"word": "காடு"
}
Download raw JSONL data for காடு meaning in Tamil (7.0kB)
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tamil dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d 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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