See நிலா in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "Thesaurus:சந்திரன்",
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},
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},
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:சந்திரன்",
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:சந்திரன்",
"word": "இரவோன்"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:சந்திரன்",
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:சந்திரன்",
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"plural"
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"roman": "nilāvuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாக்களுடைய",
"roman": "nilākkaḷuṭaiya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாவின்",
"roman": "nilāviṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாக்களின்",
"roman": "nilākkaḷiṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாவில்",
"roman": "nilāvil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாக்களில்",
"roman": "nilākkaḷil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாவிடம்",
"roman": "nilāviṭam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாக்களிடம்",
"roman": "nilākkaḷiṭam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாவோடு",
"roman": "nilāvōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாக்களோடு",
"roman": "nilākkaḷōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாவுடன்",
"roman": "nilāvuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாக்களுடன்",
"roman": "nilākkaḷuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாவால்",
"roman": "nilāvāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாக்களால்",
"roman": "nilākkaḷāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாவிலிருந்து",
"roman": "nilāviliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "நிலாக்களிலிருந்து",
"roman": "nilākkaḷiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "நிலா • (nilā)",
"name": "ta-proper noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ta-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Tamil female given names",
"Tamil female given names from Tamil",
"Tamil given names"
],
"glosses": [
"a female given name from Tamil"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Ta-நிலா.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/n̪ilaː/"
}
],
"word": "நிலா"
}
Download raw JSONL data for நிலா meaning in Tamil (8.5kB)
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"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 1'",
"path": [
"நிலா"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "நிலா",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 2'",
"path": [
"நிலா"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "நிலா",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 1'",
"path": [
"நிலா"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "நிலா",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 2'",
"path": [
"நிலா"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "நிலா",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 1'",
"path": [
"நிலா"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "நிலா",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 2'",
"path": [
"நிலா"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "நிலா",
"trace": ""
}
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