நண்டு

Tamil

Alternative forms

ஞண்டு (ñaṇṭu), ஞெண்டு (ñeṇṭu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yaṇṭ-. Cognate with Irula ஞெண்டி (ñeṇṭi), Telugu ఎండ్రి (eṇḍri), Malayalam ഞണ്ട് (ñaṇṭŭ), Tulu ದೆಂಜಿ (deñji), Kolami ఎండె (eṇḍe).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n̪ɐɳɖʊ/, [n̪ɐɳɖɯ]
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Noun

நண்டு • (naṇṭu)

crab, lobster
Synonyms: நள்ளி (naḷḷi), நளிர் (naḷir)
(astrology) Cancer

References

Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “நண்டு”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]

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