"மாசு" meaning in Tamil

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Noun

IPA: /maːt͡ɕɯ/, [maːsɯ] Audio: Ta-மாசு.ogg
Etymology: Cognate with Kannada ಮಾಸು (māsu), Malayalam [Term?], Telugu మాసి (māsi) and Tulu ಮಯೆ (maye). Etymology templates: {{cog|kn|ಮಾಸು}} Kannada ಮಾಸು (māsu), {{cog|ml|}} Malayalam [Term?], {{cog|te|మాసి}} Telugu మాసి (māsi), {{cog|tcy|ಮಯೆ}} Tulu ಮಯೆ (maye) Head templates: {{ta-noun}} மாசு • (mācu) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl|num=sg}} Forms: mācu [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], மாசு [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], மாசே [singular, vocative], - [plural, vocative], மாசை [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], மாசுக்கு [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], மாசுக்காக [benefactive, singular], - [benefactive, plural], மாசுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], - [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மாசின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மாசில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மாசிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மாசோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மாசுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மாசால் [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], மாசிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], - [ablative, plural]
  1. pollution
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-3iwtz~nu
  2. dust
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-q7MnARF9
  3. spot, stain, taint, tarnish Synonyms: மறு, அழுக்கு
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-dsM09bdo
  4. defect, fault, flaw Synonyms: குற்றம்
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-RKEecEde
  5. ordure
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-rwkNkQza
  6. blackness, darkness Synonyms: கருமை, இருள்
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-l6RrBRZD
  7. cloud
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-VmgQELdT
  8. sin
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-zMxox5KO
  9. evil
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-tcH7Lvxt
  10. the Milky Way Synonyms: பால் வழி
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-WlQarMdk Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 6 7 2 2 2 9 2 38 2 2 2 10 2 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 5 6 2 2 2 7 2 47 2 2 2 8 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 11 5 1 1 1 12 1 47 1 1 1 5 7 1 3 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 2 1 12 7 2 2 1 9 1 39 1 2 1 7 8 1 4
  11. trifle
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-1pVhw4Pl
  12. perversity
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-VRQ0aO8F
  13. afterbirth Synonyms: நஞ்சுக்கொடி
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-cz4qMvbe
  14. bile
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-uzvl0S1O
  15. phlegm Synonyms: கோழை
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-63~ORkbp
  16. film in the eye
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-o4VpCWhC
  17. cord of a net
    Sense id: en-மாசு-ta-noun-MW~iBBTT
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ಮಾಸು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ಮಾಸು (māsu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam [Term?]",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "మాసి"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu మాసి (māsi)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tcy",
        "2": "ಮಯೆ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tulu ಮಯೆ (maye)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Kannada ಮಾಸು (māsu), Malayalam [Term?], Telugu మాసి (māsi) and Tulu ಮಯೆ (maye).",
  "forms": [
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        "romanization"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "மாசே",
      "roman": "mācē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "மாசை",
      "roman": "mācai",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசுக்கு",
      "roman": "mācukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசுக்காக",
      "roman": "mācukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசுடைய",
      "roman": "mācuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசின்",
      "roman": "māciṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசில்",
      "roman": "mācil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசிடம்",
      "roman": "māciṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசோடு",
      "roman": "mācōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசுடன்",
      "roman": "mācuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசால்",
      "roman": "mācāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "māciliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "num": "sg"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pollution"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-3iwtz~nu",
      "links": [
        [
          "pollution",
          "pollution"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dust"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-q7MnARF9",
      "links": [
        [
          "dust",
          "dust"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spot, stain, taint, tarnish"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-dsM09bdo",
      "links": [
        [
          "spot",
          "spot"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ],
        [
          "taint",
          "taint"
        ],
        [
          "tarnish",
          "tarnish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "மறு"
        },
        {
          "word": "அழுக்கு"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "defect, fault, flaw"
      ],
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        [
          "defect",
          "defect"
        ],
        [
          "fault",
          "fault"
        ],
        [
          "flaw",
          "flaw"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "குற்றம்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ordure"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-rwkNkQza",
      "links": [
        [
          "ordure",
          "ordure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blackness, darkness"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-l6RrBRZD",
      "links": [
        [
          "blackness",
          "blackness"
        ],
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "கருமை"
        },
        {
          "word": "இருள்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cloud"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-VmgQELdT",
      "links": [
        [
          "cloud",
          "cloud"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sin"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-zMxox5KO",
      "links": [
        [
          "sin",
          "sin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "evil"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-tcH7Lvxt",
      "links": [
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "2 2 6 7 2 2 2 9 2 38 2 2 2 10 2 2 6",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "2 2 5 6 2 2 2 7 2 47 2 2 2 8 2 2 4",
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          "_dis": "1 1 11 5 1 1 1 12 1 47 1 1 1 5 7 1 3",
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          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Milky Way"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-WlQarMdk",
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        [
          "Milky Way",
          "Milky Way"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "பால் வழி"
        }
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "trifle"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-1pVhw4Pl",
      "links": [
        [
          "trifle",
          "trifle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "perversity"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-VRQ0aO8F",
      "links": [
        [
          "perversity",
          "perversity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "afterbirth"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-cz4qMvbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "afterbirth",
          "afterbirth"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "நஞ்சுக்கொடி"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bile"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-uzvl0S1O",
      "links": [
        [
          "bile",
          "bile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "phlegm"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-63~ORkbp",
      "links": [
        [
          "phlegm",
          "phlegm"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "கோழை"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "film in the eye"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-o4VpCWhC",
      "links": [
        [
          "film",
          "film"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cord of a net"
      ],
      "id": "en-மாசு-ta-noun-MW~iBBTT",
      "links": [
        [
          "cord",
          "cord"
        ],
        [
          "net",
          "net"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːt͡ɕɯ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maːsɯ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "மாசு"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil nouns",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
    "Tamil u-stem nouns"
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "மாசு",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "மாசே",
      "roman": "mācē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "மாசை",
      "roman": "mācai",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசுக்கு",
      "roman": "mācukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "மாசுக்காக",
      "roman": "mācukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசுடைய",
      "roman": "mācuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசின்",
      "roman": "māciṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசில்",
      "roman": "mācil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசிடம்",
      "roman": "māciṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசோடு",
      "roman": "mācōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசுடன்",
      "roman": "mācuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசால்",
      "roman": "mācāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாசிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "māciliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "மாசு • (mācu)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "num": "sg"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pollution"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pollution",
          "pollution"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dust"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dust",
          "dust"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spot, stain, taint, tarnish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spot",
          "spot"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ],
        [
          "taint",
          "taint"
        ],
        [
          "tarnish",
          "tarnish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "மறு"
        },
        {
          "word": "அழுக்கு"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "defect, fault, flaw"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "defect",
          "defect"
        ],
        [
          "fault",
          "fault"
        ],
        [
          "flaw",
          "flaw"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "குற்றம்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ordure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ordure",
          "ordure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blackness, darkness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blackness",
          "blackness"
        ],
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "கருமை"
        },
        {
          "word": "இருள்"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cloud"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cloud",
          "cloud"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sin",
          "sin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "evil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the Milky Way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Milky Way",
          "Milky Way"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "பால் வழி"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "trifle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trifle",
          "trifle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "perversity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perversity",
          "perversity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "afterbirth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "afterbirth",
          "afterbirth"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "நஞ்சுக்கொடி"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bile",
          "bile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "phlegm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phlegm",
          "phlegm"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "கோழை"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "film in the eye"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "film",
          "film"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cord of a net"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cord",
          "cord"
        ],
        [
          "net",
          "net"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Ta-மாசு.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ab/Ta-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Ta-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːt͡ɕɯ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maːsɯ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "மாசு"
}

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