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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconNāyakam (நாயகம்) noun < nāyaka.
1. Headship, superiority, supremacy, pre-eminence; தலைமை. மூவுலகுக்குந் தரு மொருநாயகமே [thalaimai. muvulagukkun tharu morunayagame] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் திருவாய்மொழி [nalayira thivyappirapandam thiruvaymozhi] 3, 10, 11).
2. Greatness, honour, esteem; மேம்பாடு. தன்சீறடியா லுதைக்கின்ற நாயகம் [membadu. thansiradiya luthaikkinra nayagam] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் இயற். திருவிருத்தம் [nalayira thivyappirapandam iyar. thiruvirutham] 34).
3. The choicest or the most prized of a class of things; சிறப்பின் மிக்கது. சுடர்க்கெலா நாயகமனையதோர் மாலை [sirappin mikkathu. sudarkkela nayagamanaiyathor vaithiya malaiyagarathi] (கம்பராமாயணம் மந்தரை. [kambaramayanam mantharai.] 52).
4. See நாயகமணி. நாயகத் தைத்தொட்டு நவில்க [nayagamani. nayagath thaithottu navilka] (சைவசமய நெறி பொது. [saivasamaya neri pothu.] 139).
5. A plant, small shrub, Ruellia patula; கிரந்திநாயகம். [kiranthinayagam.]
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Nāyakam (நாயகம்) noun < nāyaka. See நாயகப்பேர். நாற்பத்தெட்டு ஆளும் இரண்டு நாயகமும் [nayagapper. narpathettu alum irandu nayagamum] (S. I. I. viii, 27).
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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Starts with: Nayakamani, Nayakamgana, Nayakamisa, Nayakampannu, Nayakamuttu.
Ends with (+33): Amaranayakam, Anayakam, Cakkiranayakam, Canninayakam, Carpanayakam, Cavarinayakam, Cavarnayakam, Cavunayakam, Cenninayakam, Chennanayakam, Chenninayakam, Cicunayakam, Cilantinayakam, Ciyanayakam, Comanayakam, Connayakam, Culukkunayakam, Eakanayakam, Ekanayakam, Grandhi-nayakam.
Full-text (+22): Malarukkunayakam, Nayakampannu, Napinayakam, Kattirinayakam, Olainayakam, Puravu-vari-tinai-kalanayakam, Koyil-nayakam, Ciyanayakam, Puminayakam, Kattarinayakam, Cavarnayakam, Nitiyatipati, Nayakakkantam, Tillainayakam, Grandhi-nayakam, Patainayakam, Cakkiranayakam, Nayakattukkam, Cicunayakam, Vekunayakam.
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