No. 626 in Tamil
kandakadu
The Tamil word "kandakadu" refers to a dense or thorny forest.
In a sentence
கந்தகாடுவில் விலங்குகள் திறமையாக வாழ்கின்றன.
Animals skillfully survive in the wilderness.
Here, 'கந்தகாடு' (kandakadu) refers to a desolate or forested wilderness area.
கந்தகாடு என்றால் யாரும் செல்ல பயமுறுத்தும் இடம்.
'Kandakadu' denotes a place that instills fear and nobody dares to enter.
In this sentence, 'கந்தகாடு' (kandakadu) metaphorically symbolizes a dangerously eerie location.
புத்திகண்டு வீட்டைப் பார்த்தேன், அது கந்தகாடு போல இருந்தது.
I saw the abandoned house; it resembled a forsaken wilderness.
Here, the term 'கந்தகாடு' (kandakadu) is employed symbolically to describe an abandoned and overgrown place.
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