Standard Lemma guide

TODA

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: T OW1 D AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Tricycle Operators & Drivers Association.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: road, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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name

Meaning 2

A Dravidian language spoken in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu, India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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name

Meaning 3

Clipping of Todaraisingh: a city and municipality of Kekri district, Rajasthan, India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 4

A Dravidian ethnic group residing in the State of Tamil Nadu in southern India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 5

the Dravidian language spoken by the Toda in southern India

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: South Dravidian

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noun

Meaning 6

a member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Dravidian

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hindi: टोडा (ṭoḍā) — language
  • Japanese: トダ語 (toda-go) — language
  • Kannada: ತೊದ (toda) — language
  • Malayalam: തോട (tōṭa) — language
  • Malayalam: തൊദ (toda) — language
  • Marathi: तोडा (toḍā) — language
  • Tamil: தோடா (tōṭā) — language
  • Tulu: ತೊದ (toda) — language