"நீர்மங்கை" meaning in Tamil

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Noun

IPA: /n̪iːɾmaŋɡai/
Etymology: Compound of நீர் (nīr, “water”) + மங்கை (maṅkai, “virgin, maiden”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|ta|நீர்|மங்கை|t1=water|t2=virgin, maiden}} Compound of நீர் (nīr, “water”) + மங்கை (maṅkai, “virgin, maiden”) Head templates: {{ta-noun|pl=நீர்மங்கைகள்}} நீர்மங்கை • (nīrmaṅkai) (plural நீர்மங்கைகள்) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl}} Forms: nīrmaṅkai [romanization], நீர்மங்கை கள் [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], நீர்மங்கை [nominative, singular], நீர்மங்கைகள் [nominative, plural], நீர்மங்கையே [singular, vocative], நீர்மங்கைகளே [plural, vocative], நீர்மங்கையை [accusative, singular], நீர்மங்கைகளை [accusative, plural], நீர்மங்கைக்கு [dative, singular], நீர்மங்கைகளுக்கு [dative, plural], நீர்மங்கைக்காக [benefactive, singular], நீர்மங்கைகளுக்காக [benefactive, plural], நீர்மங்கையுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நீர்மங்கைகளுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நீர்மங்கையின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நீர்மங்கைகளின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நீர்மங்கையில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நீர்மங்கைகளில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நீர்மங்கையிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நீர்மங்கைகளிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நீர்மங்கையோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நீர்மங்கைகளோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நீர்மங்கையுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], நீர்மங்கைகளுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], நீர்மங்கையால் [instrumental, singular], நீர்மங்கைகளால் [instrumental, plural], நீர்மங்கையிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], நீர்மங்கைகளிலிருந்து [ablative, plural]
  1. mermaid Synonyms: கடற்கன்னி
    Sense id: en-நீர்மங்கை-ta-noun-D7zO3WFS Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil terms with redundant script codes, Merpeople, Mythology
     
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        "pl": "நீர்மங்கைகள்"
      },
      "expansion": "நீர்மங்கை • (nīrmaṅkai) (plural நீர்மங்கைகள்)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Tamil usage examples",
        "Tamil ai-stem nouns",
        "Tamil compound terms",
        "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tamil lemmas",
        "Tamil nouns",
        "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
        "Tamil terms with usage examples",
        "ta:Merpeople",
        "ta:Mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "nīrmaṅkai koṅkaikku nittilakkac cokkumāl...",
          "text": "நீர்மங்கை கொங்கைக்கு நித்திலக்கச் சொக்குமால்...",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mermaid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mermaid",
          "mermaid"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "கடற்கன்னி"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪iːɾmaŋɡai/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நீர்மங்கை"
}

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