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punnai

punnai noun: any of several trees, of the genus Calophyllum, from parts of India and Malaysia.

Noun

punnai (plural punnais)

  1. Any of several trees, of the genus Calophyllum, from parts of India and Malaysia

punnai meaning in Tamil

punnai in Tamil

மகளிரான்மலர்மரம்

Forms of punnai

pluralpunnais

Origin of punnai

From Tamil புன்னை (puṉṉai), doublet of poon for the same.

Questions about punnai

What does punnai mean?
Punnai means any of several trees, of the genus Calophyllum, from parts of India and Malaysia.
What is punnai in Tamil?
Punnai in Tamil is மகளிரான்மலர்மரம். See Punnai meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is punnai?
Punnai is a noun.
What is the plural of punnai?
The plural of punnai is punnais.

Words near punnai in the dictionary

  1. punlets
  2. punlike
  3. punnable
  4. punnaga
  5. punnage
  6. punnai
  7. punnais
  8. punned
  9. punner
  10. punners
  11. punnery

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Adapted from Wiktionary: punnai (page history and authors); punnai (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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