"அது" meaning in Tamil

See அது in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ad̪ɯ/ Audio: LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-அது.wav
Etymology: From அ- (a-, pronominal base), see Proto-Dravidian *a-. Cognate with Kannada ಅದು (adu), Malayalam അത് (atŭ), Telugu అది (adi). Etymology templates: {{af|ta|அ-|pos1=pronominal base}} அ- (a-, pronominal base), {{der|ta|dra-pro|*a-}} Proto-Dravidian *a-, {{cog|kn|ಅದು}} Kannada ಅದು (adu), {{cog|ml|അത്}} Malayalam അത് (atŭ), {{cog|te|అది}} Telugu అది (adi) Head templates: {{ta-pronoun|pl=அவை}} அது • (atu) (plural அவை) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl|அது|அவற்ற்|-|அத|ben_s=அதற்காக|dat_s=அதற்கு|nom_p=அவை|type=none|voc_p=அவையே|voc_s=அதே}} Forms: atu [romanization], அவை [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], அது [nominative, singular], அவை [nominative, plural], அதே [singular, vocative], அவையே [plural, vocative], அதை [accusative, singular], அவற்றை [accusative, plural], அதற்கு [dative, singular], அவற்றுக்கு [dative, plural], அதற்காக [benefactive, singular], அவற்றுக்காக [benefactive, plural], அதுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], அவற்றுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], அதின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], அவற்றின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], அதில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], அவற்றில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], அதிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], அவற்றிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], அதோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], அவற்றோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], அதுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], அவற்றுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], அதால் [instrumental, singular], அவற்றால் [instrumental, plural], அதிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], அவற்றிலிருந்து [ablative, plural]
  1. that Synonyms: அஃது Related terms: இது (itu) (english: this), எது (etu) (english: which)
    Sense id: en-அது-ta-pron-jn~AI2r0 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil pronouns, Tamil terms prefixed with அ-, Tamil terms with redundant script codes
     
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      "form": "அதோடு",
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      "english": "this",
      "roman": "itu",
      "word": "இது"
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      "english": "which",
      "roman": "etu",
      "word": "எது"
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        "Tamil terms prefixed with அ-",
        "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tamil terms with redundant script codes"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for அது meaning in Tamil (5.5kB)

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}

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}

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}

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  ],
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}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 1'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "pronoun",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 2'",
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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 2025-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). 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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