தெற்கு
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Tamil
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *teṯkku. Cognate with Telugu తెనుగు (tenugu), Malayalam തെക്ക് (tekkŭ), Kannada ತೆಂಕಲು (teṅkalu).
Pronunciation
Noun
தெற்கு • (teṟku)
Declension
| u-stem declension of தெற்கு (teṟku) (singular only) | ||
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| Nominative | தெற்கு teṟku |
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| Vocative | தெற்கே teṟkē |
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| Accusative | தெற்கை teṟkai |
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| Dative | தெற்குக்கு teṟkukku |
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| Genitive | தெற்குடைய teṟkuṭaiya |
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| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | தெற்கு teṟku |
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| Vocative | தெற்கே teṟkē |
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| Accusative | தெற்கை teṟkai |
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| Dative | தெற்குக்கு teṟkukku |
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| Benefactive | தெற்குக்காக teṟkukkāka |
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| Genitive 1 | தெற்குடைய teṟkuṭaiya |
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| Genitive 2 | தெற்கின் teṟkiṉ |
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| Locative 1 | தெற்கில் teṟkil |
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| Locative 2 | தெற்கிடம் teṟkiṭam |
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| Sociative 1 | தெற்கோடு teṟkōṭu |
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| Sociative 2 | தெற்குடன் teṟkuṭaṉ |
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| Instrumental | தெற்கால் teṟkāl |
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| Ablative | தெற்கிலிருந்து teṟkiliruntu |
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See also
- (நேர்த்திசைகள் (nērtticaikaḷ))
| வடமேற்கு (vaṭamēṟku) | வடக்கு (vaṭakku) | வடகிழக்கு (vaṭakiḻakku) |
| மேற்கு (mēṟku) | 
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கிழக்கு (kiḻakku) |
| தென்மேற்கு (teṉmēṟku) | தெற்கு (teṟku) | தென்கிழக்கு (teṉkiḻakku) |
References
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “தெற்கு”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]