Tanatu, Taṉatu: 2 definitions

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tanatu (ತನತು):—[pronoun] (used reflexively) that or those belonging to oneself.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Taṉatu (தனது) noun < தான். [than.]

1. [Telugu: tanadu, M. tanatu.] That which is one’s own; சொந்தம். தனதாகத் தான்கொண்டான் [sontham. thanathagath thankondan] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 278).

2. Friendship, amity, intimacy; உரிமை. தனது பாராட்டு கினுந் தடிவார் தெவ்வர் [urimai. thanathu parattu kinun thadivar thevvar] (திருக்குற்றாலத் தல நாட்டுச். [thirukkurralath thala nattus.] 15).

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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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