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காதல்
kātal
love
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kātal
love
Tamil has many love-words. காதல் (kātal) is the oldest and most capacious — derived from a South Dravidian verbal root meaning to desire greatly, to long for, to esteem. அன்பு (aṉpu) is love-as-affection, the warm glow that does not need an object. நட்பு (naṭpu) is the love between friends. பாசம் (pācam, from Sanskrit pāśa, 'bond') is attachment, especially parent-to-child. The Sanskrit arrivals carved out more point
காதல் / காதல், காதலன், காதலி / களவு / கற்பு / காதல் as reverence/esteem
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