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Where does “ஆண்டான்” come from?
ஆண்டான் (Tamil) comes from Tamil ஆள், from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ.
ஆண்டான்
(Tamil): lord, master
Definitions
lord, master
Ancestry of “ஆண்டான்”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Tamil
ஆள்
person
2
Proto-Dravidian
*āḷ
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