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minimal pair meaning in Tamil

குறைஒலி இணை

minimal pair in Tamil: குறைஒலி இணை. In English, minimal pair means a pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.

Tamil words for minimal pair

குறைஒலி இணை

English meaning of minimal pair

  1. noun A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.

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Questions about minimal pair in Tamil

What is the meaning of minimal pair in Tamil?
Minimal pair in Tamil is குறைஒலி இணை.
minimal pair என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Minimal pair: குறைஒலி இணை.
What does minimal pair mean in English?
Minimal pair means a pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: minimal pair (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: minimal pair (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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