புகழ்

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Tamil

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pokVẓ.[1] Cognate with Old Kannada ಪುಗೞ್ (pugaḻ), Telugu పొగడు (pogaḍu), Tulu ಪುಗರ (pugara) and Malayalam പുകൾ (pukaḷ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʊɡɐɻ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

புகழ் (pukaḻ)

  1. praise, panegyric, eulogy
    Synonyms: பாராட்டு (pārāṭṭu), மரியாதை (mariyātai)
  2. fame, reputation, glory, celebrity
    Synonyms: பெயர் (peyar), கீர்த்தி (kīrtti), பிரசித்தி (piracitti), சீர் (cīr)
  3. famous deed, exploit

Declension

Declension of புகழ் (pukaḻ) (singular only)
Singular Plural
Nominative புகழ்
pukaḻ
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Vocative புகழே
pukaḻē
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Accusative புகழை
pukaḻai
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Dative புகழுக்கு
pukaḻukku
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Genitive புகழுடைய
pukaḻuṭaiya
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Singular Plural
Nominative புகழ்
pukaḻ
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Vocative புகழே
pukaḻē
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Accusative புகழை
pukaḻai
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Dative புகழுக்கு
pukaḻukku
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Benefactive புகழுக்காக
pukaḻukkāka
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Genitive 1 புகழுடைய
pukaḻuṭaiya
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Genitive 2 புகழின்
pukaḻiṉ
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Locative 1 புகழில்
pukaḻil
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Locative 2 புகழிடம்
pukaḻiṭam
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Sociative 1 புகழோடு
pukaḻōṭu
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Sociative 2 புகழுடன்
pukaḻuṭaṉ
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Instrumental புகழால்
pukaḻāl
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Ablative புகழிலிருந்து
pukaḻiliruntu
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Derived terms

Verb

புகழ் (pukaḻ)

  1. (transitive) to praise, extol
  2. to applaud

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “புகழ்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press