"நான்" meaning in Tamil

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Noun

IPA: /n̪aːn/ Audio: LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-நான்.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi नान (nān), from Classical Persian نان (nān, “bread”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ta|hi|नान}} Borrowed from Hindi नान (nān), {{der|ta|fa-cls|نان|t=bread|tr=nān}} Classical Persian نان (nān, “bread”) Head templates: {{ta-noun}} நான் • (nāṉ) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl|type=root}} Forms: nāṉ [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], நான் [nominative, singular], நான்கள் [nominative, plural], நானே [singular, vocative], நான்களே [plural, vocative], நானை [accusative, singular], நான்களை [accusative, plural], நானுக்கு [dative, singular], நான்களுக்கு [dative, plural], நானுக்காக [benefactive, singular], நான்களுக்காக [benefactive, plural], நானுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நான்களுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நானின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நான்களின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நானில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நான்களில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நானிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நான்களிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நானோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நான்களோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நானுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நான்களுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நானால் [instrumental, singular], நான்களால் [instrumental, plural], நானிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], நான்களிலிருந்து [ablative, plural]
  1. naan bread
    Sense id: en-நான்-ta-noun-RqPa5F9Q Categories (other): Breads Disambiguation of Breads: 66 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /n̪aːn/ Audio: LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-நான்.wav
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *ñān. Cognates Cognate with Irula நா (nā), Old Kannada ನಾನ್ (nān), Kannada ನಾನು (nānu), Malayalam ഞാൻ (ñāṉ) and Telugu నా (nā), నేను (nēnu). Unrelated to Proto-Dravidian *yĀn whose descendant is யான் (yāṉ). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ta|dra-sou-pro|*ñān|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-South Dravidian *ñān, {{inh+|ta|dra-sou-pro|*ñān}} Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *ñān, {{col-top|3|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|iru|நா}} Irula நா (nā), {{cog|dra-okn|ನಾನ್}} Old Kannada ನಾನ್ (nān), {{cog|kn|ನಾನು}} Kannada ನಾನು (nānu), {{cog|ml|ഞാൻ}} Malayalam ഞാൻ (ñāṉ), {{cog|te|నా}} Telugu నా (nā) Head templates: {{ta-pronoun}} நான் • (nāṉ) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl||-||என்னு|ben_s=எனக்காக|dat_s=எனக்கு|gen2_s=என்|no_categories=true}} Forms: nāṉ [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], நான் [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], நானே [singular, vocative], - [plural, vocative], என்னை [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], எனக்கு [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], எனக்காக [benefactive, singular], - [benefactive, plural], என்னுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], - [error-unrecognized-form, plural], என் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], என்னில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], என்னிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], என்னோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], என்னுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], என்னால் [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], என்னிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], - [ablative, plural], நா [alternative]
  1. I (1st person singular pronoun) Synonyms: யான்
    Sense id: en-நான்-ta-pron-VTJFVwJH Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil personal pronouns, Tamil pronouns, Tamil suppletive pronouns, Tamil terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Tamil personal pronouns: 3 97 Disambiguation of Tamil suppletive pronouns: 7 93 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 0 100 Related terms: நான்யான் (yāṉ), நாங்கள்யாம் (yām), நாம் (nām), தான்தாம்தாங்கள் (tāṅkaḷ) [formal], தாங்கள் (tāṅkaḷ), நீநீர்நீங்கள்நீம் (nīm) [formal, informal, rare], நீவிர்நீங்கள்நீம் (nīm) [rare], proximal: இவன்distal: அவன் yonder: உவன்interrogative: எவன் (evaṉ), யாவன் (yāvaṉ), proximal: இவர்கள்distal: அவர்கள் yonder: உவர்கள்interrogative: எவர்கள் (evarkaḷ), யாவர் (yāvar), proximal: இவள்distal: அவள் yonder: உவள்interrogative: எவள் (evaḷ), யாவள் (yāvaḷ), proximal: இவர்distal: அவர் yonder: உவர்interrogative: எவர் (evar), யார் (yār), proximal: இதுdistal: அது yonder: உதுinterrogative: எது (etu), யாது (yātu), proximal: இவைdistal: அவை yonder: உவைinterrogative: எவை (evai), யாவை (yāvai)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "yāṉ",
          "word": "நான்யான்"
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          "roman": "yām",
          "word": "நாங்கள்யாம்"
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          "roman": "nām",
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          "word": "தாங்கள்"
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          "roman": "nīm",
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          "roman": "yāvaṉ",
          "word": "யாவன்"
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          "roman": "evarkaḷ",
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          "roman": "yāvar",
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          "roman": "yār",
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          "roman": "etu",
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          "roman": "yātu",
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          "roman": "yāvai",
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        {
          "word": "யான்"
        }
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      "ipa": "/n̪aːn/"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "-",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "என்னுடைய",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நானுடைய",
      "roman": "nāṉuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நான்களுடைய",
      "roman": "nāṉkaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நானின்",
      "roman": "nāṉiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நான்களின்",
      "roman": "nāṉkaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நானில்",
      "roman": "nāṉil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நான்களில்",
      "roman": "nāṉkaḷil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நானிடம்",
      "roman": "nāṉiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நான்களிடம்",
      "roman": "nāṉkaḷiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நானோடு",
      "roman": "nāṉōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நான்களோடு",
      "roman": "nāṉkaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நானுடன்",
      "roman": "nāṉuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நான்களுடன்",
      "roman": "nāṉkaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நானால்",
      "roman": "nāṉāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நான்களால்",
      "roman": "nāṉkaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நானிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "nāṉiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நான்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "nāṉkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நான் • (nāṉ)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "type": "root"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "naan bread"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "naan",
          "naan"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪aːn/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "நான்"
}

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