கவின்

Tamil

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaʋin/, [kɐʋin]
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Adjective

கவின் • (kaviṉ)

beautiful, comely, fair, elegant, dainty

Noun

கவின் • (kaviṉ)

beauty, grace, elegance
Synonyms: அழகு (aḻaku), எழில் (eḻil), மேன்மை (mēṉmai), சிறப்பு (ciṟappu)
an epithet of the Malayalam language
...கவின்மலையாளமும் துளுவும்... ― ...kaviṉmalaiyāḷamum tuḷuvum... ― ...dainty Malayalam and Tulu too...
(—Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai, Invocation to Goddess Tamil)

Verb

கவின் • (kaviṉ)

to be graceful, comely, fair

References

Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022), “கவின்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]

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