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Several governmental reforms to the Tamil script
Simplified Tamil script or Reformed Tamil script refers to several governmental reforms to the Tamil script. In 1978, the Government of Tamil Nadu reformed
Simplified_Tamil_script
Brahmic script
Unicode standard. Simplified Tamil script Tamil phonology Tamil Keyboard Tamil Braille Tamil letters (on Tamil Wikibooks) Tamil numerals Tamil units of measurement
Tamil_script
Dravidian language
instead of Indic text. Tamil is written in a non-Latin script. Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO
Tamil_language
Historical abugida script for Tamil
Tamili (Old Tamil: 𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀵𑁰 𑀧𑁰𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁰𑀫𑀻, romanized: tamiḻi), also known as Tamil-Brahmi or Damili, was a variant of the Brahmi script in southern
Tamil-Brahmi
Standardisation of Tamil script includes various attempts in the past as well as ongoing attempts to uniformalise the Tamil script. Tamil-Brahmi is considered
Standardisation of Tamil script
Standardisation_of_Tamil_script
Brahmic script
Extended-Tamil script or Tamil–Grantha script (portmanteau: GranTamizh) refers to a script used to write the Tamil language before the 20th century Tamil purist
Extended_Tamil_script
Abugida used in southern Indian subcontinent (c. 6th–12th centuries)
system of south India (Tamil Nadu and Kerala) and Sri Lanka formerly employed for writing the Tamil and Malayalam languages. The script is a sister system
Vatteluttu
Arabic alphabet used in Tamil language
(أَرْوِيُّ ʾArwīyyu) or Arabu-Tamil (Tamil: அரபுத்தமிழ், عَرَبُ تَّمِۻْ Araputtamiḻ) is an Arabic-influenced dialect of the Tamil language written with an
Arwi
South Indian script
Indian Brahmic script, found particularly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Originating from the Pallava script, the Grantha script is related to Tamil and Vatteluttu
Grantha_script
Dialect of Tamil
Tamil is written in a non-Latin script. Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919 standard. Kongu
Kongu_Tamil
Designated writing system of a jurisdiction
(de facto), Latin script Inner Mongolia region – Mongolian alphabet, Simplified Chinese Tibet region – Tibetan alphabet, Simplified Chinese Xinjiang region –
Official_script
Brahmic writing system
since the 4th century CE. The Pallava script evolved from Tamil-Brahmi. It was used to originally write Tamil and Sanskrit texts – the court languages
Pallava_script
Numeral system
Tamil is written in a non-Latin script. Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919 standard. The
Tamil_numerals
Phonology of the Tamil language
delimiters. Tamil phonology is characterised by the presence of "true-subapical" retroflex consonants and multiple rhotic consonants. Its script does not
Tamil_phonology
Tamil variety of Malaysia and Singapore
studies to the history of Tamil literature, Leiden: Brill, ISBN 90-04-09365-6 Tamil is written in a non-Latin script. Tamil text used in this article
Malaysian_Tamil
List of Tamil archaeological artefacts and epigraphs
Kodumanal and Porunthal Tamil script dating to 500 BCE found at Porunthal site is located 12 km South West of Palani, Tamil Nadu Tamil script dating to 500 BCE
Tamil_inscriptions
Dialect of Tamil
Brahmin Tamil is the name of a dialect of Tamil traditionally spoken by Tamil Brahmins. The dialect, largely, uses Classical Tamil along with a heavy proportion
Brahmin_Tamil
Bharati braille alphabet
or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Tamil Braille is the smallest of the Bharati braille alphabets. (For the general
Tamil_Braille
South-Indian Literature by language
Contributors to the Tamil literature are mainly from Tamil people from south India, including the land now comprising Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Eelam Tamils from Sri Lanka
Tamil_literature
Dialect of Tamil
Iyengar Tamil (Tamil: ஐயங்கார் தமிழ்) is a dialect of the Tamil language spoken mostly in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, as well as other neighbouring regions
Iyengar_Tamil
Assemblies of Tamil scholars
The Tamil Sangams (Tamil: சங்கம் caṅkam, Old Tamil 𑀘𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀫𑁆) were three legendary gatherings of Tamil scholars and poets that, according to traditional
Legendary_Tamil_Sangams
Dialect of Tamil
The Central Tamil dialect is a dialect of Tamil spoken in the districts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Perambalur and Tiruchirapalli
Central_Tamil_dialect
Grammar of the Tamil language
praising and criticizing the taken topics. The script of Tamil Language consists of 247 letters. The script falls under the category Abugida, in which consonant-vowel
Tamil_grammar
20th-century Tamil linguistic-purity movement
Tanittamil Iyakkam (Independent Tamil Movement) is a linguistic purism movement which advocated to remove loanwords from Tamil language. Maraimalai Adigal
Tanittamil_Iyakkam
Brahmic script used commonly to write the Malayalam language
different scripts. Malayalam was first written in Vattezhuthu script, an ancient script of Tamil and Malayalam languages. Modern Malayalam script evolved
Malayalam_script
Dialect of Tamil
Tirunelveli Tamil also known as Nellai Tamil or ThenPaandi Tamil is one of the dialects of Tamil which is spoken in the districts of Tirunelveli, Tenkasi
Tirunelveli_Tamil
Writing system
in Turkmenistan) Uyghur changed to Latin script in 1969 and back to a simplified, fully voweled Arabic script in 1983 Uzbek in Afghanistan (Latin in Uzbekistan)
Arabic_script
Dialect of Tamil
Negombo Tamil dialect or Negombo Fishermen's Tamil is a Sri Lankan Tamil language dialect used by the fishers of Negombo, Sri Lanka. This is just one of
Negombo_Tamil_dialect
Reconstructed common ancestor of the Dravidian languages
sequence *ṅk was simplified to *ṅ or *ṅṅ. The glottal fricative *H has been proposed by Krishnamurti (2003) to account for the Old Tamil Aytam (Āytam) and
Proto-Dravidian_language
Tamil Hindu epic based on the Ramayana
Ramavataram, popularly referred to as Kamba Ramayanam, is a Tamil epic that was written by the Tamil poet Kambar during the 12th century. Based on Valmiki's
Ramavataram
Group of dialects of Tamil
Sri Lankan Tamil dialects or Ceylon Tamil (Tamil: ஈழத் தமிழ், īḻat tamiḻ) are a group of Tamil dialects used in Sri Lanka by its native Tamil speakers that
Sri_Lankan_Tamil_dialects
Tamil epic poems
The Five Great Epics (Tamil: ஐம்பெருங்காப்பியங்கள், romanized: Aimperumkāppiyaṅkaḷ) are five Tamil epics according to later Tamil literary tradition. They
Five_Great_Epics
Non-profit cultural organization in Tamil Nadu, India
Tamil Heritage Foundation (THF) is a non-profit organization that collaborates with the British Library to collect, preserve and digitize documents of
Tamil_Heritage_Foundation
Historic period of Tamil literature
The Sangam literature (Tamil: சங்க இலக்கியம், caṅka ilakkiyam), historically known as the Poetry of the Noble Ones (Tamil: சான்றோர் செய்யுள், Cāṉṟōr ceyyuḷ)
Sangam_literature
is Tamil as spoken in Sri Lanka. Note: For information on the transcription used, see National Library at Calcutta romanization and Tamil script. Exceptions
List of Sinhala words of Tamil origin
List_of_Sinhala_words_of_Tamil_origin
Tamil language
Tamil onomatopoeia refers to the Tamil language words that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. The
Tamil_onomatopoeia
Czech philologist (1927–2009)
2009) was a Czech scholar in Indian literature and linguistics, notably Tamil, Sanskrit, Dravidian linguistics and literature and philology. Zvelebil
Kamil_Zvelebil
Words borrowed from Indo-Aryan languages
The Tamil language of Dravidian family has absorbed many loanwords from Indo-Aryan family, predominantly from Prakrit, Pali and Sanskrit, ever since the
Indo-Aryan_loanwords_in_Tamil
Ancient work on Tamil grammar
instead of Indic text. Tamil is written in a non-Latin script. Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO
Tolkāppiyam
Dialect of Tamil
Batticaloa Tamil dialect is shared between Tamils, Moors, Veddhas and Portuguese Burghers in the Batticaloa-Amparai region of the Eastern Province, Sri
Batticaloa_Tamil_dialect
Dialect of Tamil
Madurai Tamil (மதுரை தமிழ்), known as Madurai Bashai, is the dialect of Tamil spoken in the region of Madurai and over a vast geographical area of South
Madurai_Tamil
Dialect of Tamil
Indian Tamil dialect of Sri Lanka or Upcountry Tamil dialect or Estate Tamil (ET) is a Tamil dialect spoken by the descendants of indentured South Indian
Indian Tamil dialect of Sri Lanka
Indian_Tamil_dialect_of_Sri_Lanka
Script primarily used to write the Odia language
and Tamil) from the reign of Narasimhadeva (13th CE), found at Bhubaneswar. Odia language in old Odia script is seen on the right side while Tamil in Grantha
Odia_script
Anthology of Tamil religious songs
related to this article: ta:திருப்புகழ் The Tiruppugazh (Tamil: திருப்புகழ், Thiruppugazh, IPA/Tamil: [tiɾupːuɡaɻ], meaning 'Holy Praise' or 'Divine Glory')
Tiruppukal
Community of Tamil speakers from Karnataka
Karnataka Tamils are a social community of Tamil language speakers living in the Indian state of Karnataka. Significant population of Tamils are found
Karnataka_Tamils
Nalgūr Vēlviyār (Tamil: நல்கூர் வேள்வியார்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 21 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. Nalgur Velviyar was a poet belonging
Nalgur_Velviyar
Tamil Poet
Avvaiyar (Tamil: ஔவையார்) was a Tamil poet who lived during the Sangam period. She wrote 59 poems in the Puṟanāṉūṟu. and is said to have had cordial relations
Avvaiyar_(Sangam_poet)
Script of the Brahmic family
Other names for the script include bonji (Japanese: 梵字; lit. 'Brahma's characters'), "Sanskrit script", and xitan wenzi (simplified Chinese: 悉昙文字; traditional
Siddhaṃ_script
Anglican Christian missionary and Tamil scholar
was an Anglican Christian missionary and Tamil scholar who spent 40 years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English. His popular translations
George_Uglow_Pope
a list of states and territories of India by number of people for whom Tamil is their mother tongue (first language). Excludes Assam where no census
States of India by Tamil speakers
States_of_India_by_Tamil_speakers
Munnirpallam Sivasubramaniam Purnalingam Pillai (25 May 1866 – 6 June 1947) was a Tamil language-writer and Dravidologist. Purnalingam Pillai was born on 25 May
M._S._Purnalingam_Pillai
Madurai Tamil Nāganār (Tamil: மதுரைத் தமிழ்நாகனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 29 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. Madurai Tamil Nāganār
Madurai_Tamil_Naganar
Ancient Tamil Jain epic
Cilappatikāram (Tamil: சிலப்பதிகாரம்) (Tamil pronunciation: [ʧiləppət̪ikɑːrəm], lit. 'the Tale of an Anklet'), also referred to as Silappathikaram or Silappatikaram
Cilappatikaram
Indian scholar of the Tamil language
known as Kaviraja Pandithar (Tamil: கவிராச பண்டிதர் செகவீர பாண்டியனார்), was a 20th-century Indian scholar of the Tamil language, who is known for his
Kaviraja_Pandithar
Abugida script for languages spoken in Thailand
spelling reform of 1942 – simplified spelling system in use from 1942 to 1944 Sukhothai script – also called proto-Thai script or Ram Khamhaeng alphabet
Thai_script
Tamil epic
Maṇimēkalai (Tamil: மணிமேகலை, lit. 'jewelled belt, girdle of gems'), also spelled Manimekhalai or Manimekalai, is a Tamil Buddhist epic composed by Kulavāṇikaṉ
Manimekalai
Old Javanese script
diacritics are present in several scripts descended from Kawi. Usage of anusvara and visarga are often simplified so that they represent final /-ŋ/ and
Kawi_script
Honorifics of the Tamil language
In Tamil, honorifics (Tamil: முறை, muṟai) governs daily speech and register of both written and spoken communication. Traditionally, Tamil has been classified
Tamil_honorifics
Sirukarunthumbiyar, also known in full as Sonaattu Mugaiyalur Sirukarunthumbiyar (Tamil: சோணாட்டு முகையலூர்ச் சிறுகருந்தும்பியார்), was a poet of the Sangam period
Mugaiyalur_Sirukarunthumbiyar
Natrinai (Tamil: நற்றிணை meaning excellent tinai), is a classical work of Tamil literature, and traditionally the first of the Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai)
Naṟṟiṇai
Kausalya Hart (Tamil: கௌசல்யா ஹார்ட்) is a scholar of Tamil language at UC Berkeley. She is famous for translating Sangam literature from Tamil to English
Kausalya_Hart
Nappalatthanar (Tamil: நப்பாலத்தனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom a sole verse of the Sangam literature has been attributed, in addition
Nappalatthanar
Tibetan writing system
Tibetan pinyin Roman Dzongkha THDL Simplified Phonetic Transcription Tise, input method for Tibetan script Limbu script See for instance [1] [2] Daniels
Tibetan_script
Script system used to write Sanskrit
The Gupta script (sometimes referred to as Gupta Brahmi script or Late Brahmi script) was used for writing Sanskrit and is associated with the Gupta Empire
Gupta_script
Earliest book on Tamil grammar
Agattiyam (Tamil: அகத்தியம் ), also spelled as Akattiyam, according to Tamil tradition, was the earliest book on Tamil grammar. It is a non-extant text
Agattiyam
India. The first Tamil booklet was printed in 1554 (11 February) in Lisbon - Cartilha em lingoa Tamul e Portugues in Romanized Tamil script by Vincente de
Printing_in_Tamil_language
Poet of the Sangam period
Mōsi Keeranār (Tamil: மோசிகீரனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 10 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 27
Mosikeeranar
Indian sage
century) was a saivite sage and scholar from Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. He was well versed in both Tamil and Sanskrit. Sivagyana Murnivar was born Mukkalaalingar
Sivagyana_Munivar
Indian editor, epigraphist, and numismatist (1933–2021)
1933 – 4 March 2021) was a former editor of the Tamil daily Dinamalar and also a renowned Tamil script epigraphist and numismatist in India. The second
R_Krishnamurthy
Tamil Muslim poet
Umaru Pulavar (4 December 1642 – 28 July 1703) was a Tamil Muslim Rowther poet from Tamil Nadu, India. Umaru Pulavar was born in 1642 in the town of Ettayapuram
Umaru_Pulavar
Medieval Indian scholar of the Tamil language
Nachinarkiniyar, was a 14th-century Tamil and Sanskrit scholar famous for his commentaries on Sangam literature and post-Sangam medieval Tamil literature. His commentary
Nachinarkiniyar
Tamil language dictionary
Tamil Lexicon (Tamil: தமிழ்ப் பேரகராதி Tamiḻ Pērakarāti) is a twelve-volume dictionary of the Tamil language. Published by the University of Madras, it
Tamil_Lexicon_dictionary
Ancient Tamil poet
Cilappatikaram (the Song of the Anklet), one of the Five Great Epics of Tamil literature. In the patikam (the prologue) to Cilappatikaram, Ilango Adigal
Ilango_Adigal
grammar book in Tamil language followed by while second Sangam period[clarification needed]. Srinivasa-iyengar, P.T. (1929). History of the Tamils: from the
Budapuranam
Work of classical Tamil literature
The Akananuru (Tamil: அகநானூறு, Akanāṉūṟu, literally "four hundred [poems] in the akam genre"), sometimes called Nedunthokai (lit. "anthology of long
Akanaṉūṟu
Abandoned language family proposal
Japanese Language (1970), he proposed a layer of Dravidian (specifically Tamil) vocabulary in both Korean and Japanese. Morgan E. Clippinger gave a detailed
Dravido-Korean_languages
Abugida script for the Khmer language
the 5th and 6th centuries AD, which ultimately descended from the Tamil-Brahmi script. The oldest dated Khmer inscription was found at Angkor Borei District
Khmer_script
Poet of the Sangam period
(in Tamil). Vol. 2 (1 ed.). Chennai: Saradha Pathippagam. pp. 240–242 (Book II). Tamils portal India portal Literature portal Poetry portal Tamil Wikisource
Keerandhaiyar
Historical Tamil moral guidelines
Tamil books of law (Tamil: தமிழ் நீதி நூல்கள், Tamiḻ nīti nūlkaḷ) or the more correct, Classical Tamil phrase (Tamil: தமிழற நூற்கள், Tamiḻaṟa nūṟkaḷ),
Tamil_books_of_Law
Poet of the Sangam period
Paranar (Tamil: பரணர்) (c. 1st century CE) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom 84 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, besides verse
Paranar
Umapathi Shivachariyar (13th century–14th century CE) was a Tamil poet and scholar. It is from his writings that details about earlier poets, chiefly
Umapathi_Shivachariyar
Tamil Hindu text
The Tevaram (Tamil: தேவாரம், Tēvāram), also spelled Thevaram, denotes the first seven volumes of the twelve-volume collection Tirumurai, a Shaiva narrative
Tevaram
Tamil Poet
was a Tamil poet who lived contemporaneous to Kambar and Ottakoothar, during the reign of the Chola dynasty in the 12th century in present-day Tamil Nadu
Avvaiyar_(12th-century_poet)
Dialect of Tamil
The Jaffna Tamil dialect is a Tamil dialect native to the Jaffna Peninsula and is the primary dialect used in Northern Sri Lanka and Northern parts of
Jaffna_Tamil_dialect
Meter and form of classical Tamil poetry
Venpa or Venba (வெண்பா in Tamil) is a form of classical Tamil poetry. Classical Tamil poetry has been classified based upon the rules of metric prosody
Venpa
Writing system used for several Austronesian languages
carried out. The oldest root of Javanese script is the Tamil-Brahmi script which evolved into the Pallava script in Southern and Southeast Asia between
Javanese_script
full as Nallur Naththathanar or Idaikkali Naattu Nallur Naththathanar (Tamil: இடைக்கழி நாட்டு நல்லூர் நத்தத்தனார்), was a poet of the Sangam period who
Nallur_Naththathanar
Poet of the Sangam period
Madhurai Perumaruthanār (Tamil: மதுரைப் பெருமருதனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period, to whom a single verse of the Sangam literature has been attributed
Madurai_Perumarudhanar
Work of commentaries in Tamil literature
the most important and telling aspects of the Tamil literary tradition. Commentaries to ancient Tamil works have been written since the medieval period
Commentaries in Tamil literary tradition
Commentaries_in_Tamil_literary_tradition
Collection of quotations by Avvaiyar
The Athichudi (Tamil: ஆத்திசூடி, romanized: Āthichūdi) is a collection of single-line quotations written by Avvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order
Athichudi
Hypothetical ancestor of the South Dravidian languages
southern Dravidian languages native to southern India. Its descendants include Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu, Badaga, Kodava, Irula, Kota and Toda. South Dravidian
Proto–South Dravidian language
Proto–South_Dravidian_language
Abugida
representing a simplified version of the original style. Some consonants begin to represent their aspirated and implosive forms. The script also functions
Multani_script
Tamil poet
Satthanar or Chithalai Satthanar (Tamil: சாத்தனார் or சீத்தலைச் சாத்தனார், cītalai cāttanār) was the Tamil poet who composed the epic Manimekalai. A total
Chithalai_Chathanar
Tamil Poet
Avvaiyar (Tamil: ஔவையார்) was a Tamil poet who lived during the seventh or eighth century and was a follower of the poet-saint Sundarar. She was the author
Avvaiyar_(8th-century_poet)
Classic poetry genre
Puram (Tamil: புறம், puṟam, Lit. exterior) is one of two genres of Classical Tamil poetry. The concept of the lifestyle of human beings falls in two categories:
Puram
Tamil philosophical work by Valluvar
The Book of Aṟam, in full Aṟattuppāl (Tamil: அறத்துப்பால், literally, "division of virtue"), also known as the Book of Virtue, the First Book or Book
Aram_(Kural_book)
Lankan Tamil literature or Ceylon Tamil literature refers to Tamil literature produced in the current day country of Sri Lanka by various Tamil speaking
Sri_Lankan_Tamil_literature
(ராணி சீதரன்) is a Sri Lankan Tamil writer, essayist, children's poet, and academic. A former Senior Lecturer in Tamil at the National Institute of Education
Rani_Seetharan
Tamil epic
is one of the five minor epic poems of post Sangam era Tamil literature. It was written by Tamil Jain scholar Tolamoli Thevar. The work does not have a
Culamani
Indian Sanskrit scholar (1890–1978)
1890 – 20 May 1978) was a Sanskrit scholar, who also acquired mastery over Tamil language and literature. He was the first to translate Tolkāppiyam into
P._S._Subrahmanya_Sastri
SIMPLIFIED TAMIL-SCRIPT
SIMPLIFIED TAMIL-SCRIPT
Male
Hebrew
Variant form of Hebrew Samael, the name of an Angel of Death, SAMIL means "whom God makes" and "venom of God."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mariappan | அரிஅபà¯à®ªà®¨
Tamil Goddess name mariamman
Mariappan | அரிஅபà¯à®ªà®¨
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Beautiful
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Tammy, TAMI means "palm tree."
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Tamil Light
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Tamil Man
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Tamil King
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Tamil Girl
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Tamil King
Boy/Male
Tamil
Tamil God
Male
Hebrew
(תָּמִיר) Masculine form of Hebrew Tamar, TAMIR means "palm tree."
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Tamil Lady
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Tamil Flower
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Tamil Girl
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil
Tamil King
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Tamil
A Tamil
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Tamil Girl
Female
English
Modern English name, probably based on Russian Tamara, "palm tree," or the Sanskrit word tamara, TAMIA means "spice."
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Pure Tamil
Male
Hebrew
(תמיד) Perhaps from the Hebrew word tamid, TAMID means "flame." Compare with another form of Tamid.
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SIMPLIFIED TAMIL-SCRIPT
SIMPLIFIED TAMIL-SCRIPT
SIMPLIFIED TAMIL-SCRIPT
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a. & n.
Tamil.
n.
The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.
a.
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
n.
A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
n.
One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.
n.
Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
n.
A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.
n.
A draggle-tail; a slattern.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language.
imp. & p. p.
of Simplify
v. t.
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
a.
Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish.
n.
Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.
n.
See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.
a. & n.
Tamil.
imp. & p. p.
of Amplify
a.
Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.
n.
A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud.
n.
The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.
v. t.
To pull or draw by the tail.