காண்
Appearance
Tamil
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- காணு (kāṇu)
Etymology
[edit]Related to கண் (kaṇ, “eye”); from Proto-Dravidian *kāṇ-. Cognate with Kannada ಕಾಣು (kāṇu), Malayalam കാണുക (kāṇuka), Telugu కాను (kānu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]காண் • (kāṇ)
- to see, look
- Synonym: பார் (pār)
- to notice, catch sight of
- நான் அவனை அங்கே கண்டேன்
- nāṉ avaṉai aṅkē kaṇṭēṉ
- I saw him over there
- to find out
- to seem
- to suffice
- Synonym: போது (pōtu)
- to emerge, appear, become visible
- to tell, say
- Synonym: சொல் (col)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of காண் (kāṇ)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “காண்”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House