Nanavu, Naṉavu: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Naṉavu (நனவு) noun perhaps from நினை-. [ninai-.]

1. Wakefulness, opposed to kaṉavu; சாக்கிரம். நனவோ கனவோ வென்பதை யறியேன் [sakkiram. nanavo kanavo venpathai yariyen] (மணிமேகலை [manimegalai] 8, 21).

2. Certainty; தேற்றம். (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [therram. (sudamaninigandu)]

3. Truth, reality; மெய்ம்மை. நனவிற் பாடிய நல்லிசைக் கபிலன் [meymmai. nanavir padiya nallisaig kapilan] (பதிற்றுப்பத்து [pathirruppathu] 85, 12).

4. Daylight; பகல். நனவினா னலம் வாட [pagal. nanavina nalam vada] (கலித்தொகை [kalithogai] 35).

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Naṉavu (நனவு) noun probably from நனம். [nanam.]

1. (Dram.) Stage; களன். நனவுப்புகு விறலியிற்றோன்று நாடன் [kalan. nanavuppugu viraliyirronru nadan] (தொல். சொல். [thol. sol.] 377, உரை [urai]).

2. Battlefield; போர்க் களம். (இராமநாடகம்) [pork kalam. (iramanadagam)]

3. Width, breadth, expanse; அகலம். [agalam.] (தொல். சொல். [thol. sol.] 377.)

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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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