"நன்செய்" meaning in Tamil

See நன்செய் in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /n̪ɐnt͡ɕɛj/, [n̪ɐnsɛj] Audio: Ta-நன்செய்.ogg
Etymology: From நன் (naṉ) + செய் (cey), literally “good field”, as being suitable for agriculture. Cognate with Malayalam നഞ്ച (nañca) and Telugu నన్జ (nanja). Probably also related to நனை (naṉai, “to get wet”). Etymology templates: {{com|ta|நன்|செய்|lit=good field}} நன் (naṉ) + செய் (cey), literally “good field”, {{cog|ml|നഞ്ച}} Malayalam നഞ്ച (nañca), {{cog|te|నన్జ}} Telugu నన్జ (nanja) Head templates: {{ta-noun}} நன்செய் • (naṉcey) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl|acc_s=நன்செய்யை|voc_s=நன்செய்யே}} Forms: naṉcey [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], நன்செய் [nominative, singular], நன்செய்கள் [nominative, plural], நன்செய்யே [singular, vocative], நன்செய்களே [plural, vocative], நன்செய்யை [accusative, singular], நன்செய்களை [accusative, plural], நன்செய்க்கு [dative, singular], நன்செய்களுக்கு [dative, plural], நன்செய்க்காக [benefactive, singular], நன்செய்களுக்காக [benefactive, plural], நன்செயுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நன்செய்களுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நன்செயின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நன்செய்களின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நன்செயில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நன்செய்களில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நன்செயிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நன்செய்களிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நன்செயோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நன்செய்களோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நன்செயுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நன்செய்களுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நன்செயால் [instrumental, singular], நன்செய்களால் [instrumental, plural], நன்செயிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], நன்செய்களிலிருந்து [ablative, plural], நஞ்சை [alternative]
  1. (agriculture) wet land (a well irrigated land)
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      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "நன்",
        "3": "செய்",
        "lit": "good field"
      },
      "expansion": "நன் (naṉ) + செய் (cey), literally “good field”",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "plural"
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      "form": "நன்செய்யே",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        "vocative"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "நன்செய்க்கு",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "நன்செய்க்காக",
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        "benefactive",
        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
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      "form": "நன்செயின்",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களில்",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "roman": "naṉceykaḷiṭam",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செயோடு",
      "roman": "naṉceyōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களோடு",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களால்",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "நன்செயிலிருந்து",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "புன்செய்"
        }
      ],
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          "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"
        },
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          "orig": "ta:Landforms",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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        "wet land (a well irrigated land)"
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          "agriculture"
        ],
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          "wet"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ]
      ],
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        "(agriculture) wet land (a well irrigated land)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪ɐnt͡ɕɛj/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[n̪ɐnsɛj]"
    },
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      "audio": "Ta-நன்செய்.ogg",
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  "word": "நன்செய்"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
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        "3": "செய்",
        "lit": "good field"
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      "name": "com"
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      "form": "நன்செய்",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "நன்செய்கள்",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்யே",
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      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களே",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களை",
      "roman": "naṉceykaḷai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்க்கு",
      "roman": "naṉceykku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களுக்கு",
      "roman": "naṉceykaḷukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்க்காக",
      "roman": "naṉceykkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களுக்காக",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செயுடைய",
      "roman": "naṉceyuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களுடைய",
      "roman": "naṉceykaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செயின்",
      "roman": "naṉceyiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களின்",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "நன்செயில்",
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        "singular"
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      "roman": "naṉceykaḷil",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செயிடம்",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "roman": "naṉceyōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களோடு",
      "roman": "naṉceykaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செயுடன்",
      "roman": "naṉceyuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களுடன்",
      "roman": "naṉceykaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செயால்",
      "roman": "naṉceyāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களால்",
      "roman": "naṉceykaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செயிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "naṉceyiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நன்செய்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "naṉceykaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நஞ்சை",
      "roman": "nañcai",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நன்செய் • (naṉcey)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_s": "நன்செய்யை",
        "voc_s": "நன்செய்யே"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "புன்செய்"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "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 y-stem nouns",
        "ta:Agriculture",
        "ta:Landforms",
        "ta:Wetlands"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wet land (a well irrigated land)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agriculture",
          "agriculture"
        ],
        [
          "wet",
          "wet"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(agriculture) wet land (a well irrigated land)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪ɐnt͡ɕɛj/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[n̪ɐnsɛj]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ta-நன்செய்.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நன்செய்"
}

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