Nappu, Nāppu: 2 definitions
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Nappu means something in Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNappu (ನಪ್ಪು):—
1) [noun] = ನಪುಂಸಕ [napumsaka]2 - 5.
2) [noun] ನಪ್ಪು ನಾರಾಯಣ [nappu narayana] nappu nārāyaṇa a man having feminine character; an effeminate.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconNappu (நப்பு) noun A kind of stone; சிறுகல் வகை. [sirugal vagai.] Local usage
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Nāppu (நாப்பு) noun < நகைப்பு. [nagaippu.] Ridicule, mockery; mimicry; பரிகாசம். இந்திரனு மெனை நாப்புக் காட்டுவானே [parigasam. inthiranu menai nappug kattuvane] (இராமநாடகம் உயுத். [iramanadagam uyuth.] 80).
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Nāppu (நாப்பு) [nāpputal] 5 transitive verb < நாப்பு. [nappu.] See நாப்புக்காட்டு-. [nappukkattu-.] (W.)
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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Starts with: Nappuccappu, Nappukkattu, Nappunar, Nappuri, Nappurru, Napputanar.
Ends with (+11): Anappu, Banappu, Canappu, Cannappu, Carirakkanappu, Chanappu, Cinappu, Cinnapu, Conappu, Enappu, Ennappu, Ganappu, Inappu, Innappu, Irattakkanappu, Junappu, Kaliyanappu, Kancanappu, Kanchanappu, Kannappu.
Full-text: Nappivitu, Nappuccappu, Nappilittu, Nappukkattu.
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