என்று

• IPA^(key): /ɛnrʊ/, [ɛndrɯ]

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Cognate with Kannada ಎಂದು (endu) and Malayalam എന്ന് (ennŭ).

• ன்னு (ṉṉu), னு (ṉu), ணு (ṇu), ண்ணு (ṇṇu) — Spoken Tamil

என்று • (eṉṟu)

1. adverbial participle of என் (eṉ, “to say”)

என்று • (eṉṟu)

1. that, as — relative particle and quotative marker, used after a verb or noun, connects the verb with the speaker's thoughts or indicates an action or cause.

   Synonym: என (eṉa)

   வருவேன் என்று கூறினான்.

   varuvēṉ eṉṟu kūṟiṉāṉ.

   He said that he will come.

2. as, called

   முரளி என்று யாரையும் எனக்குத் தெரியாது.

   muraḷi eṉṟu yāraiyum eṉakkut teriyātu.

   I do not know anyone called Murali.

From the root எ- (e-), inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yĀnṯu.

என்று • (eṉṟu)

1. (interrogative) what day?

என்று • (eṉṟu) (Formal Tamil)

1. on which day, when, what time

   நீ என்று வந்தாயோ அன்றுதான் நானும் வந்தேன்.

   nī eṉṟu vantāyō aṉṟutāṉ nāṉum vantēṉ.

   I came on the same day you came.

   (literally, “I came on the day as when (the day) you came”)

• Not used in Spoken Tamil, superseded by என்றைக்கு (eṉṟaikku).

• இன்று (iṉṟu), அன்று (aṉṟu)

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *enṯ-, from the root எல் (el). Cognate with Telugu ఎండ (eṇḍa).

என்று • (eṉṟu) (archaic)

1. (astronomy) sun

• David W. McAlpin (1981), “என்று”, in A Core Vocabulary for Tamil, Philadelphia: Dept. of South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, page 17
• Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972), “என்று”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House
• S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “என்று”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page 180
• University of Madras (1924–1936), “என்று”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press