"நிகழ்காலம்" meaning in Tamil

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Noun

IPA: /n̪ɪɡɐɻɡaːlɐm/ Audio: Ta-நிகழ்காலம்.ogg
Etymology: Compound of நிகழ் (nikaḻ) + காலம் (kālam). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|ta|நிகழ்|காலம்}} Compound of நிகழ் (nikaḻ) + காலம் (kālam) Head templates: {{head|ta|noun}} நிகழ்காலம் • (nikaḻkālam) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl}} Forms: nikaḻkālam [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], நிகழ்காலம் [nominative, singular], நிகழ்காலங்கள் [nominative, plural], நிகழ்காலமே [singular, vocative], நிகழ்காலங்களே [plural, vocative], நிகழ்காலத்தை [accusative, singular], நிகழ்காலங்களை [accusative, plural], நிகழ்காலத்துக்கு [dative, singular], நிகழ்காலங்களுக்கு [dative, plural], நிகழ்காலத்துக்காக [benefactive, singular], நிகழ்காலங்களுக்காக [benefactive, plural], நிகழ்காலத்துடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிகழ்காலங்களுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிகழ்காலத்தின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிகழ்காலங்களின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிகழ்காலத்தில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிகழ்காலங்களில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிகழ்காலத்திடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிகழ்காலங்களிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிகழ்காலத்தோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிகழ்காலங்களோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிகழ்காலத்துடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நிகழ்காலங்களுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நிகழ்காலத்தால் [instrumental, singular], நிகழ்காலங்களால் [instrumental, plural], நிகழ்காலத்திலிருந்து [ablative, singular], நிகழ்காலங்களிலிருந்து [ablative, plural]
  1. present; current time
    Sense id: en-நிகழ்காலம்-ta-noun-dMzRXnPF Categories (other): Present Disambiguation of Present: 69 31
  2. (grammar) present tense Tags: present
    Sense id: en-நிகழ்காலம்-ta-noun-Re2kuBYP Categories (other): Grammar, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tenses Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Tenses: 4 96 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Alternative forms

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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நிகழ்காலத்திலிருந்து",
      "roman": "nikaḻkālattiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நிகழ்காலங்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "nikaḻkālaṅkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "நிகழ்காலம் • (nikaḻkālam)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "present; current time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "current",
          "current"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ta:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present tense"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "present tense",
          "present tense"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) present tense"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪ɪɡɐɻɡaːlɐm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ta-நிகழ்காலம்.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நிகழ்காலம்"
}

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