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madras meaning in Tamil

மதராஸ்

/məˈdɹæs//məˈdɹæs/

madras in Tamil: மதராஸ். In English, madras means a brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.

Tamil words for madras

மதராஸ்

English meaning of madras

  1. noun A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
  2. noun A large handkerchief of this fabric, worn on the head in the West Indies.

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Questions about madras in Tamil

What is the meaning of madras in Tamil?
Madras in Tamil is மதராஸ்.
madras என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Madras: மதராஸ்.
What does madras mean in English?
Madras means a brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.

Source and license

Tamil words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “madras”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: madras (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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