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Jaffna Tamil

Jaffna Tamil proper noun: a Tamil dialect native to Jaffna and is the primary dialect used in northern Sri Lanka.

Proper noun

Jaffna Tamil

  1. a Tamil dialect native to Jaffna and is the primary dialect used in northern Sri Lanka.

Origin of Jaffna Tamil

From Jaffna (from Tamil யாழ்ப்பாணம் (yāḻppāṇam)) and Tamil.

Questions about Jaffna Tamil

What does Jaffna Tamil mean?
Jaffna Tamil means a Tamil dialect native to Jaffna and is the primary dialect used in northern Sri Lanka.
What part of speech is Jaffna Tamil?
Jaffna Tamil is a proper noun.

Words near Jaffna Tamil in the dictionary

  1. jaffle
  2. jaffled
  3. jaffles
  4. jaffling
  5. Jaffna
  6. Jaffna Tamil
  7. Jaffnese
  8. Jaffrey
  9. jaffries
  10. jaffry
  11. jaffy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Jaffna Tamil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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