எப்பொழுது

Tamil

Alternative

• எப்போது (eppōtu), எப்போ (eppō)

Etymology

From எ (e, interrogative base) +‎ பொழுது (poḻutu, “time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛpːɔɻʊd̪ʊ/, [ɛpːɔɻʊd̪ɯ]

Adverb

எப்பொழுது • (eppoḻutu)

1. (interrogative) when

Related terms

• எப்பொழுதும் (eppoḻutum, “always, forever”)
• இப்போது (ippōtu, “this time, now”)
• இப்பொழுது (ippoḻutu, “this time, now”)
• அப்போது (appōtu, “that time, then”)
• அப்பொழுது (appoḻutu, “that time, then”)

References

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