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Pillaiyar

Pillaiyar proper noun: synonym of Ganesha.

Proper noun

Pillaiyar

  1. (Hinduism) Synonym of Ganesha.
    • Just past the bells of the threshold, a friendly, impish Pillaiyar waited. You might know him as Ganesha but that was not what we called him.2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 31
    Synonyms:
    Ganesha

Pillaiyar meaning in Tamil

Pillaiyar in Tamil

ஏகதந்தன்

Synonyms of Pillaiyar

Origin of Pillaiyar

Borrowed from Tamil பிள்ளையார் (piḷḷaiyār).

Questions about Pillaiyar

What does Pillaiyar mean?
Pillaiyar means synonym of Ganesha.
What is Pillaiyar in Tamil?
Pillaiyar in Tamil is ஏகதந்தன். See Pillaiyar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Pillaiyar?
Pillaiyar is a proper noun.

Words near Pillaiyar in the dictionary

  1. pillaging
  2. pillagings
  3. Pillai
  4. Pillais
  5. pillaite
  6. Pillaiyar
  7. pillaloo
  8. pillar
  9. pillar block
  10. pillar blocks
  11. pillar box

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pillaiyar (page history and authors); pillaiyar (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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