Where does “உழைப்பாளி” come from?

உழைப்பாளி (Tamil) comes from Tamil -ஆளி, from Tamil -ஆள், from Tamil ஆள், from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ.

உழைப்பாளி (Tamil): an industrious person, a hard-worker

Definitions

  1. an industrious person, a hard-worker

Ancestry of “உழைப்பாளி”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamil-ஆளிer, -person
2Tamil-ஆள்third person feminine singular suffix
3Tamilஆள்person
4Proto-Dravidian*āḷ—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ →