Tamil edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t̪iːnɐm/
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Etymology 1 edit

From Sanskrit दीना (dīnā, distress, wretchedness).

Noun edit

தீனம் (tīṉam)

  1. poverty, distress
  2. cruelty, harshness injustice
  3. disease

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

தீனம் (tīṉam)

  1. friendship

References edit

  • Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “தீனம்”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House