"நாலு" meaning in Tamil

See நாலு in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /n̪aːlʊ/, [n̪aːlɯ] Audio: Ta-நாலு.ogg Forms: nālu [romanization]
Etymology: From நால் (nāl), replacing நான்கு (nāṉku). Compare Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ) Etymology templates: {{cog|kn|ನಾಲು}} Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), {{cog|kfa|ನಾಲು}} Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), {{cog|ml|നാല്}} Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), {{cog|tcy|ನಾಲ್}} Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ) Head templates: {{head|ta|determiner}} நாலு • (nālu), {{tlb|ta|Spoken Tamil}} (Spoken Tamil)
  1. many, manifold Tags: Tamil, colloquial Synonyms: பல
    Sense id: en-நாலு-ta-det-1-qfWxPr
  2. a few Tags: Tamil, colloquial Synonyms: சில
    Sense id: en-நாலு-ta-det-kCkK13Ws

Noun

IPA: /n̪aːlʊ/, [n̪aːlɯ] Audio: Ta-நாலு.ogg
Etymology: From நால் (nāl), replacing நான்கு (nāṉku). Compare Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ) Etymology templates: {{cog|kn|ನಾಲು}} Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), {{cog|kfa|ನಾಲು}} Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), {{cog|ml|നാല്}} Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), {{cog|tcy|ನಾಲ್}} Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ) Head templates: {{ta-noun}} நாலு • (nālu), {{tlb|ta|literature}} (literature) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl|num=sg}} Forms: nālu [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], நாலு [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], நாலே [singular, vocative], - [plural, vocative], நாலை [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], நாலுக்கு [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], நாலுக்காக [benefactive, singular], - [benefactive, plural], நாலுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], - [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நாலின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நாலில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நாலிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நாலோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நாலுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நாலால் [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], நாலிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], - [ablative, plural]
  1. short for நாலடியார் (nālaṭiyār) Tags: Tamil, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial Alternative form of: நாலடியார் (extra: nālaṭiyār)
    Sense id: en-நாலு-ta-noun-YreEuwaW Categories (other): Tamil links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil determiners, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil terms with redundant script codes, Literature Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 97 3 Disambiguation of Tamil determiners: 0 0 92 8 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 0 9 88 3 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 0 23 66 11 Disambiguation of Literature: 0 0 100 0 Topics: literature, media, publishing

Numeral

IPA: /n̪aːlʊ/, [n̪aːlɯ] Audio: Ta-நாலு.ogg
Etymology: From நால் (nāl), replacing நான்கு (nāṉku). Compare Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ) Etymology templates: {{cog|kn|ನಾಲು}} Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), {{cog|kfa|ನಾಲು}} Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), {{cog|ml|നാല്}} Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), {{cog|tcy|ನಾಲ್}} Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ) Head templates: {{ta-num}} நாலு • (nālu), {{tlb|ta|Spoken Tamil}} (Spoken Tamil) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl|num=sg}} Forms: nālu [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], நாலு [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], நாலே [singular, vocative], - [plural, vocative], நாலை [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], நாலுக்கு [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], நாலுக்காக [benefactive, singular], - [benefactive, plural], நாலுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], - [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நாலின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நாலில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நாலிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நாலோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நாலுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நாலால் [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], நாலிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], - [ablative, plural]
  1. four Tags: Tamil, colloquial Synonyms: நான்கு
    Sense id: en-நாலு-ta-num-BO-vCA9a Categories (other): Spoken Tamil Disambiguation of Spoken Tamil: 0 0 40 60
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kfa",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "നാല്"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tcy",
        "2": "ನಾಲ್"
      },
      "expansion": "Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From நால் (nāl), replacing நான்கு (nāṉku).\nCompare Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nālu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலு",
      "roman": "nālu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலே",
      "roman": "nālē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலை",
      "roman": "nālai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுக்கு",
      "roman": "nālukku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுக்காக",
      "roman": "nālukkāka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுடைய",
      "roman": "nāluṭaiya",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலின்",
      "roman": "nāliṉ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலில்",
      "roman": "nālil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலிடம்",
      "roman": "nāliṭam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலோடு",
      "roman": "nālōṭu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுடன்",
      "roman": "nāluṭaṉ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலால்",
      "roman": "nālāl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "nāliliruntu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நாலு • (nālu)",
      "name": "ta-num"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "Spoken Tamil"
      },
      "expansion": "(Spoken Tamil)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "num": "sg"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spoken Tamil",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "four"
      ],
      "id": "en-நாலு-ta-num-BO-vCA9a",
      "links": [
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "நான்கு"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Tamil",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪aːlʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[n̪aːlɯ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ta-நாலு.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நாலு"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kfa",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "നാല്"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tcy",
        "2": "ನಾಲ್"
      },
      "expansion": "Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From நால் (nāl), replacing நான்கு (nāṉku).\nCompare Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nālu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "determiner"
      },
      "expansion": "நாலு • (nālu)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "Spoken Tamil"
      },
      "expansion": "(Spoken Tamil)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              29
            ],
            [
              79,
              89
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He the one who knows manifold things\n(or)\n (figuratively) He the one who knows everything",
          "roman": "nāluviṣayamum terintavaṉ",
          "text": "நாலுவிஷயமும் தெரிந்தவன்",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "many, manifold"
      ],
      "id": "en-நாலு-ta-det-1-qfWxPr",
      "links": [
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ],
        [
          "manifold",
          "manifold"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "பல"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Tamil",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Just knowing a few words won’t make you a scholar. (Chennai Tamil)",
          "roman": "nālu vārttai maṭṭum teriñcā nī oru periya aṟiñar ākamāṭṭa.",
          "text": "நாலு வார்த்தை மட்டும் தெரிஞ்சா நீ ஒரு பெரிய அறிஞர் ஆகமாட்ட.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a few"
      ],
      "id": "en-நாலு-ta-det-kCkK13Ws",
      "links": [
        [
          "few",
          "few"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "சில"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Tamil",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪aːlʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[n̪aːlɯ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ta-நாலு.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நாலு"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kfa",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
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      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tcy",
        "2": "ನಾಲ್"
      },
      "expansion": "Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From நால் (nāl), replacing நான்கு (nāṉku).\nCompare Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nālu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலு",
      "roman": "nālu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலே",
      "roman": "nālē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலை",
      "roman": "nālai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுக்கு",
      "roman": "nālukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுக்காக",
      "roman": "nālukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுடைய",
      "roman": "nāluṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலின்",
      "roman": "nāliṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலில்",
      "roman": "nālil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலிடம்",
      "roman": "nāliṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலோடு",
      "roman": "nālōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுடன்",
      "roman": "nāluṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலால்",
      "roman": "nālāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "nāliliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நாலு • (nālu)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "literature"
      },
      "expansion": "(literature)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "num": "sg"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "nālaṭiyār",
          "word": "நாலடியார்"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 9 88 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 23 66 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ta",
          "name": "Literature",
          "orig": "ta:Literature",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "proverb"
          ],
          "roman": "ālum vēlum pallukkuṟuti, nālumiraṇṭuñ colluk kuṟuti",
          "text": "ஆலும் வேலும் பல்லுக்குறுதி, நாலுமிரண்டுஞ் சொல்லுக் குறுதி",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short for நாலடியார் (nālaṭiyār)"
      ],
      "id": "en-நாலு-ta-noun-YreEuwaW",
      "links": [
        [
          "நாலடியார்",
          "w:Nālaṭiyār"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Tamil",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪aːlʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[n̪aːlɯ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ta-நாலு.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நாலு"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Spoken Tamil",
    "Tamil determiners",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil nouns",
    "Tamil numerals",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
    "Tamil u-stem nouns",
    "ta:Literature"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kfa",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "നാല്"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tcy",
        "2": "ನಾಲ್"
      },
      "expansion": "Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From நால் (nāl), replacing நான்கு (nāṉku).\nCompare Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nālu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலு",
      "roman": "nālu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலே",
      "roman": "nālē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலை",
      "roman": "nālai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுக்கு",
      "roman": "nālukku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுக்காக",
      "roman": "nālukkāka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுடைய",
      "roman": "nāluṭaiya",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலின்",
      "roman": "nāliṉ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலில்",
      "roman": "nālil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலிடம்",
      "roman": "nāliṭam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலோடு",
      "roman": "nālōṭu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுடன்",
      "roman": "nāluṭaṉ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலால்",
      "roman": "nālāl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "nāliliruntu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நாலு • (nālu)",
      "name": "ta-num"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "Spoken Tamil"
      },
      "expansion": "(Spoken Tamil)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "num": "sg"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "four"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "நான்கு"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Tamil",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪aːlʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[n̪aːlɯ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ta-நாலு.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நாலு"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Spoken Tamil",
    "Tamil determiners",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil nouns",
    "Tamil numerals",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
    "Tamil u-stem nouns",
    "ta:Literature"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kfa",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "നാല്"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tcy",
        "2": "ನಾಲ್"
      },
      "expansion": "Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From நால் (nāl), replacing நான்கு (nāṉku).\nCompare Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nālu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "determiner"
      },
      "expansion": "நாலு • (nālu)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "Spoken Tamil"
      },
      "expansion": "(Spoken Tamil)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tamil terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              29
            ],
            [
              79,
              89
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He the one who knows manifold things\n(or)\n (figuratively) He the one who knows everything",
          "roman": "nāluviṣayamum terintavaṉ",
          "text": "நாலுவிஷயமும் தெரிந்தவன்",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "many, manifold"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ],
        [
          "manifold",
          "manifold"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "பல"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Tamil",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tamil terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Just knowing a few words won’t make you a scholar. (Chennai Tamil)",
          "roman": "nālu vārttai maṭṭum teriñcā nī oru periya aṟiñar ākamāṭṭa.",
          "text": "நாலு வார்த்தை மட்டும் தெரிஞ்சா நீ ஒரு பெரிய அறிஞர் ஆகமாட்ட.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a few"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "few",
          "few"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "சில"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Tamil",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪aːlʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[n̪aːlɯ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ta-நாலு.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நாலு"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Spoken Tamil",
    "Tamil determiners",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil nouns",
    "Tamil numerals",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
    "Tamil u-stem nouns",
    "ta:Literature"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kfa",
        "2": "ನಾಲು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "നാല്"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tcy",
        "2": "ನಾಲ್"
      },
      "expansion": "Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From நால் (nāl), replacing நான்கு (nāṉku).\nCompare Kannada ನಾಲು (nālu), Kodava ನಾಲು (nālu), Malayalam നാല് (nālŭ), Tulu ನಾಲ್ (nālŭ)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nālu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலு",
      "roman": "nālu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலே",
      "roman": "nālē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலை",
      "roman": "nālai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுக்கு",
      "roman": "nālukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுக்காக",
      "roman": "nālukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுடைய",
      "roman": "nāluṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலின்",
      "roman": "nāliṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலில்",
      "roman": "nālil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலிடம்",
      "roman": "nāliṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலோடு",
      "roman": "nālōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலுடன்",
      "roman": "nāluṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலால்",
      "roman": "nālāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நாலிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "nāliliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நாலு • (nālu)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "literature"
      },
      "expansion": "(literature)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "num": "sg"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "nālaṭiyār",
          "word": "நாலடியார்"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Requests for translations of Tamil usage examples",
        "Tamil links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Tamil short forms",
        "Tamil terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "proverb"
          ],
          "roman": "ālum vēlum pallukkuṟuti, nālumiraṇṭuñ colluk kuṟuti",
          "text": "ஆலும் வேலும் பல்லுக்குறுதி, நாலுமிரண்டுஞ் சொல்லுக் குறுதி",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short for நாலடியார் (nālaṭiyār)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "நாலடியார்",
          "w:Nālaṭiyār"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Tamil",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪aːlʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[n̪aːlɯ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ta-நாலு.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நாலு"
}

Download raw JSONL data for நாலு meaning in Tamil (11.7kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tamil dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (7cef23e and 3c020d2). 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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