Kanikkaran, Kāṇikkāraṉ, Kani-karan: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Kanikkaran in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kāṇikkāraṉ (காணிக்காரன்) [kāṇi-kāraṉ] noun < idem. +. [Malayalam: kāṇikkāraṉ.]

1. Hereditary proprietor of land, coparcener in village lands held in common; கிராமப்பங்காளி. [kiramappangali.] Local usage

2. A hill tribe in the Tinnevelly district and Travancore; one belonging to that tribe; தென்பாண்டிநாட்டி லுள்ள ஒரு மலைச்சாதியான். [thenpandinatti lulla oru malaichathiyan.] (G. T n. D. 7.)

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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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