"கானா" meaning in Tamil

See கானா in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɡaːnaː/, /kaːnaː/ Audio: LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-கானா.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from English Ghana. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ta|snk}}, {{bor+|ta|en|Ghana}} Borrowed from English Ghana Head templates: {{ta-proper noun}} கானா • (kāṉā) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl|num=sg}} Forms: kāṉā [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], கானா [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], கானாவே [singular, vocative], - [plural, vocative], கானாவை [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], கானாவுக்கு [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], கானாவுக்காக [benefactive, singular], - [benefactive, plural], கானாவுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], - [error-unrecognized-form, plural], கானாவின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கானாவில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கானாவிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கானாவோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கானாவுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], கானாவால் [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], கானாவிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], - [ablative, plural]
  1. Ghana (a country in West Africa) Categories (place): Countries in Africa
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    {
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Ghana.",
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      "form": "கானா",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவே",
      "roman": "kāṉāvē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "கானாவை",
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      "form": "-",
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      "form": "கானாவுக்கு",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "கானாவுக்காக",
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        "benefactive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "கானாவின்",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவில்",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவோடு",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவால்",
      "roman": "kāṉāvāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kāṉāviliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "கானா • (kāṉā)",
      "name": "ta-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "num": "sg"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Countries in Africa",
          "orig": "ta:Countries in Africa",
          "parents": [
            "Countries",
            "Places"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Ghana",
          "orig": "ta:Ghana",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ghana (a country in West Africa)"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "Ghana",
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        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "West Africa",
          "West Africa#English"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaːnaː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːnaː/"
    },
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Ghana.",
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      "form": "kāṉā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "கானா",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவே",
      "roman": "kāṉāvē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவை",
      "roman": "kāṉāvai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவுக்கு",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவுக்காக",
      "roman": "kāṉāvukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "கானாவுடைய",
      "roman": "kāṉāvuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவின்",
      "roman": "kāṉāviṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவில்",
      "roman": "kāṉāvil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவிடம்",
      "roman": "kāṉāviṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவோடு",
      "roman": "kāṉāvōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவுடன்",
      "roman": "kāṉāvuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவால்",
      "roman": "kāṉāvāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "கானாவிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kāṉāviliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "num": "sg"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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        "Pages with entries",
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        "Tamil proper nouns",
        "Tamil terms borrowed from English",
        "Tamil terms derived from English",
        "Tamil terms derived from Soninke",
        "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
        "Tamil ā-stem nouns",
        "ta:Countries in Africa",
        "ta:Ghana"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ghana (a country in West Africa)"
      ],
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          "Ghana",
          "Ghana#English:_Q117"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "West Africa",
          "West Africa#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaːnaː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːnaː/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "கானா"
}

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