எத்தனை

Tamil

Etymology

From எ- (e-, interrogative base) +‎ தனை (taṉai, “times, quantity, level”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛt̪ːɐnɐɪ̯/

Adjective

எத்தனை • (ettaṉai)

1. how many, how much, what degree

   Synonym: எவ்வளவு (evvaḷavu)

References

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