Kinnaram, Kiṇṇāram, Kiṉṉaram: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKiṇṇāram (கிண்ணாரம்) noun < kinnara. Stringed instrument, small fiddle or lute; ஒரு நரம்பி சைக்கருவி. [oru narambi saikkaruvi.]
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Kiṉṉaram (கின்னரம்) noun < kinnara.
1. A sweet-voiced bird credited with musical powers; இசையெழுப்பும் பறவை வகை. கின்னரமுரலு மணங் குடைச்சாரல் [isaiyezhuppum paravai vagai. kinnaramuralu manang kudaicharal] (பத்துப்பாட்டு: பெரும்பாணாற்றுப்படை [pathuppattu: perumbanarruppadai] 494).
2. Water-fowl; நீர்வாழ்பறவை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [nirvazhparavai. (pingalagandu)]
3. A kind of lute; ஒருவகை யாழ். தந்தங் கின்னரந் தொடுகிலோ மென்றனரே [oruvagai yazh. thanthang kinnaran thodugilo menranare] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் பெரிய.ாழ். [nalayira thivyappirapandam periyazh.] 3, 6, 5).
4. Owl, perhaps from ironically; ஆந்தை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [anthai. (pingalagandu)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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