See மீன் in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "mīṉkaḷōṭu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "மீனுடன்",
"roman": "mīṉuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "மீன்களுடன்",
"roman": "mīṉkaḷuṭaṉ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "மீனால்",
"roman": "mīṉāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "மீன்களால்",
"roman": "mīṉkaḷāl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "மீனிலிருந்து",
"roman": "mīṉiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "மீன்களிலிருந்து",
"roman": "mīṉkaḷiliruntu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "மீன் • (mīṉ)",
"name": "ta-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"type": "root"
},
"name": "ta-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Tamil terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"star"
],
"links": [
[
"star",
"star"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) star"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "விண்மீன்"
},
{
"word": "நட்சத்திரம்"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/miːn/"
},
{
"audio": "ta-மீன்.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Ta-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Ta-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D.ogg"
}
],
"word": "மீன்"
}
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"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 1'",
"path": [
"மீன்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "மீன்",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 2'",
"path": [
"மீன்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "மீன்",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 1'",
"path": [
"மீன்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "மீன்",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 2'",
"path": [
"மீன்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "மீன்",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 1'",
"path": [
"மீன்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "மீன்",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 2'",
"path": [
"மீன்"
],
"section": "Tamil",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "மீன்",
"trace": ""
}
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