கண்ட

Badaga

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa​). Cognate with Kannada ಕಂಡ (kaṇḍa).

Noun

கண்ட (transliteration needed)

  1. muscle, flesh

References

  • Hockings, Paul (1992) A Badaga-English Dictionary‎[1], Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN

Tamil

Etymology

From the past adverbial participle of காண் (kāṇ), கண்ட (kaṇṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɐɳɖɐ/

Adjective

கண்ட • (kaṇṭa)

  1. (colloquial) every (strange) thing or person seen
    கண்ட ஆட்கள் என்னை கேட்கின்றனர் ― kaṇṭa āṭkaḷ eṉṉai kēṭkiṉṟaṉar ― Strangers are questioning me (literally, “Every person seen is questioning me”)

Derived terms

  • கண்ட கண்ட (kaṇṭa kaṇṭa)
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