Where does “காதலர்” come from?

காதலர் (Tamil) comes from Tamil -அர், from Proto-Dravidian *-ar — Indicates a human plural noun.

காதலர் (Tamil): lover

Definitions

  1. lover

Ancestry of “காதலர்”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamil-அர்human plural suffix
2Proto-Dravidian*-arIndicates a human plural noun
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-ar →Every word from Tamil -அர் →