காண்

• காணு (kāṇu)

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kāṇ- (“to see”), related to கண் (kaṇ, “eye”). Cognate with Brahui خننگ (xaniṅg), Kannada ಕಾಣು (kāṇu), Malayalam കാണുക (kāṇuka), Telugu కాను (kānu).

• IPA^(key): /kaːɳ/

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காண் • (kāṇ)

1. (transitive) to see, look, perceive, view, descry

   Synonyms: பார் (pār), நோக்கு (nōkku)

2. (transitive) to notice, catch sight of

   நான் அவனை அங்கே கண்டேன்

   nāṉ avaṉai aṅkē kaṇṭēṉ

   I saw him over there

3. (transitive) to gain sight of, as a deity, a great person, the new moon

   Synonym: தரிசி (tarici)

4. (transitive) to find out, discover
5. (transitive) to tell, say

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:சொல்

6. (intransitive) to emerge, appear, become visible, evident

   Synonym: தோன்று (tōṉṟu)

7. (intransitive) to suffice

   Synonyms: போது (pōtu), பற்று (paṟṟu)

8. (intransitive) to accrue, result

   Synonym: பலி (pali)

9. (intransitive) to seem

   Synonyms: படு (paṭu), தெரி (teri), தோன்று (tōṉṟu)

• (causatives) காண்பி (kāṇpi), காணி (kāṇi), காட்டு (kāṭṭu)

• Johann Philipp Fabricius (1779), “காண்”, in A Malabar and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House; republished as Tamil and English Dictionary, 1972
• University of Madras (1924–1936), “காண்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press