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: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconValavai (喈掂喈掂瘓) noun < 痴补濒濒补产丑腻. Wife of Ga峁噀艣a; 喈掂喈ㄠ喈畷喈┼瘝喈编瘒喈掂. 喈掂喈掂瘓 喈曕瘒喈赤瘝喈掂喁佮喁� [vinayaganrevi. valavai kelvanum] (喈夃喈む瘒喈氞畷喈距喁嵿疅喈瘝 喈氞喈掂喈苦喈�. [upathesagandam sivaviratha.] 192).
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Valavai (喈掂喈掂瘓) noun < 喈掂喁嵚�. [惫补濒鹿.]
1. Ability, skill; 喈掂喁嵿喈喁�. [vallapam.] (喈氞喈侧喁嵿喈む喈曕喈班喁� 喈呧喁佮喁嵿喈む喁佮喁� [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 5, 74, 喈夃喁�. [urai.])
2. Powerful, capable person; 喈掂喁嵿喈�-喈┼瘝-喈赤瘝. 喈掂喈掂瘓喈瘝 喈喈班瘝喈瘝喈喈┼瘝 [vallava-n-l. valavaip parppan] (喈氞喈侧喁嵿喈む喈曕喈班喁� 喈呧喁佮喁嵿喈む喁佮喁� [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 23, 61). (喈喈权瘝喈曕喈曕喁嵿疅喁� [pingalagandu])
3. K膩岣纺�; 喈曕喈赤. (喈喈权瘝喈曕喈曕喁嵿疅喁�) [kali. (pingalagandu)]
4. A female attendant on K膩岣纺�; 喈囙疅喈距畷喈苦喈�. (喈喈权瘝喈曕喈曕喁嵿疅喁�) [idagini. (pingalagandu)]
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Valavai (喈掂喈掂瘓) noun perhaps from 喈掂鹿. [惫补濒补鹿.]
1. Shameless person; 喈ㄠ喈｀喈侧喈む-喈┼瘝-喈赤瘝. 喈掂喈掂瘓喈� 喈赤喁嵿喈距喈距喁� [nanilathava-n-l. valavaiga lallathar] (喈ㄠ喈侧疅喈苦喈距喁� [naladiyar], 268). 喈喈む喁嵿畷喁� 喈曕瘚喈侧喁嵿喁� 喈掂喈掂瘓喈 喈┼瘉喈班瘓喈曕瘝喈曕瘉喈瘝 [mathark kolathu valavaiyi nuraikkum] (喈氞喈侧喁嵿喈む喈曕喈班喁� 喈呧喁佮喁嵿喈む喁佮喁� [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 5, 74).
2. Deceitful woman; 喈掂疄喁嵿畾喈瘝喈瘑喈｀瘝. (喈喈权瘝喈曕喈曕喁嵿疅喁�) [vanchappen. (pingalagandu)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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