Malaiyalar, Malaiyāḷar, Maḻaiyalar: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMalaiyāḷar (மலையாளர்) noun < மலையாளம். [malaiyalam.] Inhabitants of mountainous tracts, as Travancore, Cochin, etc.; மலைநாட்டார். அந்தணர்களான மலையாளர் [malainattar. anthanarkalana malaiyalar] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 325, 11).
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Maḻaiyalar (மழையலர்) [maḻai-alar] noun < idem. +. Water; நீர். (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [nir. (sudamaninigandu)]
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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