அடவி

Tamil

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अटवि (aṭavi), अटवी (aṭavī, “forest”). Cognate with Telugu అడవి (aḍavi, “forest”), Kannada ಅಡವಿ (aḍavi, “forest”) and Malayalam അടവി (aṭavi, “forest”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɐɖɐʋɪ/, [ɐɖɐʋi]

Noun

அடவி • (aṭavi)

forest
Synonyms: காடு (kāṭu), கா (kā), கான் (kāṉ), வனம் (vaṉam), பொழில் (poḻil), அரண் (araṇ), புறவு (puṟavu), தில்லம் (tillam), கடறு (kaṭaṟu), அழுவம் (aḻuvam), வல்லை (vallai)

References

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

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