நண்டு

Tamil

Alternative forms

• ஞண்டு (ñaṇṭu), ஞெண்டு (ñeṇṭu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yaṇṭ-. Cognate with Irula ஞெண்டி (ñeṇṭi), Telugu ఎండ్రి (eṇḍri), Malayalam ഞണ്ട് (ñaṇṭŭ), Tulu ದೆಂಜಿ (deñji), Kolami ఎండె (eṇḍe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪ɐɳɖʊ/, [n̪ɐɳɖɯ]

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Noun

நண்டு • (naṇṭu)

1. crab, lobster

   Synonyms: நள்ளி (naḷḷi), நளிர் (naḷir)

2. (astrology) Cancer

References

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