"நான்கு" meaning in Tamil

See நான்கு in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Numeral

IPA: /n̪aːnɡɯ/ Audio: Ta-நான்கு.oga , LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-நான்கு.wav
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nāl-nk(k)V. Cognate with Malayalam നാങ്ക് (nāṅkŭ), Kurukh नाख़ (nāx). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ta|dra-pro|*nāl|*nāl-nk(k)V||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Dravidian *nāl-nk(k)V, {{inh+|ta|dra-pro|*nāl|*nāl-nk(k)V||t=four}} Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nāl-nk(k)V, {{cog|ml|നാങ്ക്}} Malayalam നാങ്ക് (nāṅkŭ), {{cog|kru|नाख़}} Kurukh नाख़ (nāx) Head templates: {{ta-num}} நான்கு • (nāṉku) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl|num=sg}} Forms: nāṉku [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], நான்கு [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], நான்கே [singular, vocative], - [plural, vocative], நான்கை [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], நான்குக்கு [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], நான்குக்காக [benefactive, singular], - [benefactive, plural], நான்குடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], - [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நான்கின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நான்கில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நான்கிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நான்கோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நான்குடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நான்கால் [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], நான்கிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], - [ablative, plural]
  1. four (numeral:௪) Synonyms: நாலு (nālu) [Tamil, colloquial], நால்கு (nālku), நல் (nal) [adjective, before-vowel], நால் (nāl) (english: before consonants) [adjective]
    Sense id: en-நான்கு-ta-num-54QF236b Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil cardinal numbers, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Tamil terms with redundant script codes, Four
     
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        "before-vowel"
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      "word": "நல்"
    },
    {
      "english": "before consonants",
      "roman": "nāl",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "நால்"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நான்கு"
}

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  "path": [
    "நான்கு"
  ],
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  "subsection": "numeral",
  "title": "நான்கு",
  "trace": ""
}

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

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 1'",
  "path": [
    "நான்கு"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "numeral",
  "title": "நான்கு",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 2'",
  "path": [
    "நான்கு"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "numeral",
  "title": "நான்கு",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 1'",
  "path": [
    "நான்கு"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "numeral",
  "title": "நான்கு",
  "trace": ""
}

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

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tamil dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-07-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-01 using wiktextract (45c4a21 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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