-ஆக
Tamil
editEtymology
editFrom the infinitive of ஆகு (āku, “to become”).
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-ஆக • (-āka)
- Forms adverbs from nouns
- Synonym: -ஆய் (-āy)
- சீக்கிரம் (cīkkiram, “speed, quickness”) + -ஆக (-āka) → சீக்கிரமாக (cīkkiramāka, “quickly”)
- for, for the sake of, for the purpose of
Particle
edit-ஆக • (-āka)
- either...or
- joined with a finite verb to indicate indirect speech
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “-ஆக”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]