See தெய்வம் in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "sa:दैव<id:divine>",
"id": "god",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dyew-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *deywós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *daywás\nSanskrit देव (deva)vṛd.\nSanskrit दैव (daiva)bor.\nTamil தெய்வம் (teyvam)",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "sa",
"3": "दैव"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Sanskrit दैव (daiva)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "ദൈവം"
},
"expansion": "Malayalam ദൈവം (daivaṁ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "దైవము"
},
"expansion": "Telugu దైవము (daivamu)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ದೈವಂ"
},
"expansion": "Kannada ದೈವಂ (daivaṃ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "தேவன்",
"3": "தேவி",
"4": "தேவா"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of தேவன் (tēvaṉ), தேவி (tēvi), and தேவா (tēvā)",
"name": "dbt"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dyew-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *deywós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *daywás\nSanskrit देव (deva)vṛd.\nSanskrit दैव (daiva)bor.\nTamil தெய்வம் (teyvam)\nBorrowed from Sanskrit दैव (daiva). Compare cognates Malayalam ദൈവം (daivaṁ), Telugu దైవము (daivamu) and Kannada ದೈವಂ (daivaṃ). Doublet of தேவன் (tēvaṉ), தேவி (tēvi), and தேவா (tēvā)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "teyvam",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்கள்",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ta-decl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வம்",
"roman": "teyvam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்கள்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வமே",
"roman": "teyvamē",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களே",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷē",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்தை",
"roman": "teyvattai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களை",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்துக்கு",
"roman": "teyvattukku",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களுக்கு",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷukku",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்துக்காக",
"roman": "teyvattukkāka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"benefactive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களுக்காக",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷukkāka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"benefactive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்துடைய",
"roman": "teyvattuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களுடைய",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்தின்",
"roman": "teyvattiṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களின்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷiṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்தில்",
"roman": "teyvattil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களில்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்திடம்",
"roman": "teyvattiṭam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களிடம்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷiṭam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்தோடு",
"roman": "teyvattōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களோடு",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்துடன்",
"roman": "teyvattuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களுடன்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்தால்",
"roman": "teyvattāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களால்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்திலிருந்து",
"roman": "teyvattiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களிலிருந்து",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"pl": "தெய்வங்கள்"
},
"expansion": "தெய்வம் • (teyvam) (plural தெய்வங்கள்)",
"name": "ta-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ta-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "93 1 6 1",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "ta",
"name": "God",
"orig": "ta:God",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "90 2 2 6",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "ta",
"name": "Gods",
"orig": "ta:Gods",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_literal_offsets": [
[
24,
27
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
20,
26
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
22,
29
]
],
"english": "The mills of god grind slow but sure",
"literal_meaning": "The king kills at once, God kills by waiting",
"raw_tags": [
"proverb"
],
"roman": "aracaṉ aṉṟu kolvāṉ; teyvam niṉṟu kollum",
"text": "அரசன் அன்று கொல்வான்; தெய்வம் நின்று கொல்லும்",
"translation": "The mills of god grind slow but sure",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"god, goddess, deity"
],
"id": "en-தெய்வம்-ta-noun-RVAMztty",
"links": [
[
"god",
"god"
],
[
"goddess",
"goddess"
],
[
"deity",
"deity"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"roman": "kaṭavuḷ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "கடவுள்"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"roman": "iṟaivaṉ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "இறைவன்"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"roman": "āṇṭavar",
"sense": "god",
"word": "ஆண்டவர்"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"roman": "perumāṉ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "பெருமான்"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"roman": "paramporuḷ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "பரம்பொருள்"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"roman": "pakavāṉ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "பகவான்"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"roman": "meypporuḷ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "மெய்ப்பொருள்"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"roman": "cāmi",
"sense": "god",
"word": "சாமி"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
"roman": "kō",
"sense": "god",
"word": "கோ"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 47 4 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 46 4 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 67 6 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a benevolent and kind person"
],
"id": "en-தெய்வம்-ta-noun-daztDuOw",
"links": [
[
"benevolent",
"benevolent"
],
[
"kind",
"kind"
]
],
"qualifier": "exaggeration",
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension, exaggeration) a benevolent and kind person"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"that which is divine"
],
"id": "en-தெய்வம்-ta-noun-LuxL9ziw",
"links": [
[
"divine",
"divine"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "21 16 16 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 10 10 66",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 22 7 62",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 47 4 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 46 4 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"object of worship or reverence"
],
"id": "en-தெய்வம்-ta-noun-UJt3PznF",
"links": [
[
"object",
"object"
],
[
"worship",
"worship"
],
[
"reverence",
"reverence"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/d̪ɛjʋɐm/"
}
],
"word": "தெய்வம்"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Tamil doublets",
"Tamil entries with etymology trees",
"Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
"Tamil lemmas",
"Tamil m-stem nouns",
"Tamil nouns",
"Tamil terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
"Tamil terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Tamil terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Tamil terms derived from Sanskrit",
"Tamil terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew-",
"Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
"ta:God",
"ta:Gods"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "sa:दैव<id:divine>",
"id": "god",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dyew-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *deywós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *daywás\nSanskrit देव (deva)vṛd.\nSanskrit दैव (daiva)bor.\nTamil தெய்வம் (teyvam)",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "sa",
"3": "दैव"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Sanskrit दैव (daiva)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "ദൈവം"
},
"expansion": "Malayalam ദൈവം (daivaṁ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "దైవము"
},
"expansion": "Telugu దైవము (daivamu)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ದೈವಂ"
},
"expansion": "Kannada ದೈವಂ (daivaṃ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "தேவன்",
"3": "தேவி",
"4": "தேவா"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of தேவன் (tēvaṉ), தேவி (tēvi), and தேவா (tēvā)",
"name": "dbt"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dyew-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *deywós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *daywás\nSanskrit देव (deva)vṛd.\nSanskrit दैव (daiva)bor.\nTamil தெய்வம் (teyvam)\nBorrowed from Sanskrit दैव (daiva). Compare cognates Malayalam ദൈവം (daivaṁ), Telugu దైవము (daivamu) and Kannada ದೈವಂ (daivaṃ). Doublet of தேவன் (tēvaṉ), தேவி (tēvi), and தேவா (tēvā)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "teyvam",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்கள்",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ta-decl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வம்",
"roman": "teyvam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்கள்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வமே",
"roman": "teyvamē",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களே",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷē",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்தை",
"roman": "teyvattai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களை",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்துக்கு",
"roman": "teyvattukku",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களுக்கு",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷukku",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்துக்காக",
"roman": "teyvattukkāka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"benefactive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களுக்காக",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷukkāka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"benefactive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்துடைய",
"roman": "teyvattuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களுடைய",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்தின்",
"roman": "teyvattiṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களின்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷiṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்தில்",
"roman": "teyvattil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களில்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்திடம்",
"roman": "teyvattiṭam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களிடம்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷiṭam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்தோடு",
"roman": "teyvattōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களோடு",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்துடன்",
"roman": "teyvattuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களுடன்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்தால்",
"roman": "teyvattāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களால்",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வத்திலிருந்து",
"roman": "teyvattiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "தெய்வங்களிலிருந்து",
"roman": "teyvaṅkaḷiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"pl": "தெய்வங்கள்"
},
"expansion": "தெய்வம் • (teyvam) (plural தெய்வங்கள்)",
"name": "ta-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ta-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Tamil terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_literal_offsets": [
[
24,
27
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
20,
26
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
22,
29
]
],
"english": "The mills of god grind slow but sure",
"literal_meaning": "The king kills at once, God kills by waiting",
"raw_tags": [
"proverb"
],
"roman": "aracaṉ aṉṟu kolvāṉ; teyvam niṉṟu kollum",
"text": "அரசன் அன்று கொல்வான்; தெய்வம் நின்று கொல்லும்",
"translation": "The mills of god grind slow but sure",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"god, goddess, deity"
],
"links": [
[
"god",
"god"
],
[
"goddess",
"goddess"
],
[
"deity",
"deity"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a benevolent and kind person"
],
"links": [
[
"benevolent",
"benevolent"
],
[
"kind",
"kind"
]
],
"qualifier": "exaggeration",
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension, exaggeration) a benevolent and kind person"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"that which is divine"
],
"links": [
[
"divine",
"divine"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"object of worship or reverence"
],
"links": [
[
"object",
"object"
],
[
"worship",
"worship"
],
[
"reverence",
"reverence"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/d̪ɛjʋɐm/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "kaṭavuḷ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "கடவுள்"
},
{
"roman": "iṟaivaṉ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "இறைவன்"
},
{
"roman": "āṇṭavar",
"sense": "god",
"word": "ஆண்டவர்"
},
{
"roman": "perumāṉ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "பெருமான்"
},
{
"roman": "paramporuḷ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "பரம்பொருள்"
},
{
"roman": "pakavāṉ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "பகவான்"
},
{
"roman": "meypporuḷ",
"sense": "god",
"word": "மெய்ப்பொருள்"
},
{
"roman": "cāmi",
"sense": "god",
"word": "சாமி"
},
{
"roman": "kō",
"sense": "god",
"word": "கோ"
}
],
"word": "தெய்வம்"
}
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