கண்ட

Borrowed from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa​). Cognate with Kannada ಕಂಡ (kaṇḍa).

கண்ட (transliteration needed)

1. muscle, flesh

• Hockings, Paul (1992), A Badaga-English Dictionary‎^[1], Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /kɐɳɖɐ/

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

கண்ட • (kaṇṭa)

1. past adjectival participle of காண் (kāṇ, “to see”)

From the above, literally "every (random) thing or person that was seen".

கண்ட • (kaṇṭa)

1. random; all and sundry; irregular; ill-chosen

   கண்ட நேரங்களில் வந்து தொந்தரவு செய்வது அவனது வழக்கம்.

   kaṇṭa nēraṅkaḷil vantu tontaravu ceyvatu avaṉatu vaḻakkam.

   Coming to disturb people at ungodly hours is his custom.

2. (whatever/wherever) available; any

• S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “கண்ட”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [2]