Katakatenal, Kaṭakaṭeṉal, Katakateṉal: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kaṭakaṭeṉal (கடகடெனல்) noun < idem. See கடகடவெனல். [kadagadavenal.]

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Katakateṉal (கதகதெனல்) [kata-kateṉal] noun Onomatopoeic

1. Being hot from fever or from the closeness of a crowded room; உஷ்ணமாதற்குறிப்பு. கதகதென் றெரியுதே காமாக்கினி [ushnamatharkurippu. kathagathen reriyuthe kamakkini] (இராமநாடகம் ஆரணி. [iramanadagam arani.] 8).

2. State of being cosy and warm; குளிரில்லாமல் சௌகரியமாயிருத்தற்குறிப்பு. மழைக் காலத்தில் கூரை வீடு கதகதப்பாயிருக்கும். [kulirillamal saugariyamayirutharkurippu. mazhaig kalathil kurai vidu kathagathappayirukkum.]

3. Sound produced in boiling, as a liquid; in flowing, as water from a sluice; in gushing, as blood from the artery; ஓர் ஒலிக்குறிப்பு. [or olikkurippu.] (W.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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