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Murugan

Murugan proper noun: synonym of Kartikeya.

murugan: synonym of Kartikeya
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Proper noun

Murugan

  1. Synonym of Kartikeya
    • The temple was […] dedicated to Murugan, the god of war, to whom he had always shown particular devotion.2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 256
    Synonyms:
    Kartikeya

Murugan meaning in Tamil

Murugan in Tamil

முருகன்

Synonyms of Murugan

Origin of Murugan

Borrowed from Tamil முருகன் (murukaṉ).

Questions about Murugan

What does Murugan mean?
Murugan means synonym of Kartikeya.
What is Murugan in Tamil?
Murugan in Tamil is முருகன். See Murugan meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Murugan?
Murugan is a proper noun.

Words near Murugan in the dictionary

  1. murtsovka
  2. Murtum
  3. muru
  4. muru muru
  5. muru murus
  6. Murugan
  7. Murui Huitoto
  8. murukku
  9. murukkus
  10. Murulla
  11. murumuru

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Murugan (page history and authors); murugan (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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