mother tongue meaning in Tamil
தாய்மொழி tāymoḻi
UK/ˈmʌð.ə ˌtʌŋ//ˈmʌð.ɚ ˌtʌŋ/
mother tongue in Tamil: தாய்மொழி (tāymoḻi), தாய் மொழி (tāy moḻi). In English, mother tongue means the language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language.
Tamil words for mother tongue
- one's native tongue
- தாய்மொழி tāymoḻi, தாய் மொழி tāy moḻi
English meaning of mother tongue
- noun The language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language.
- noun The language spoken by one’s ancestors.
- noun The language spoken by one's mother, when it differs from that spoken by one's father.
- noun Informal speech, as opposed to educated language.
mother tongue in a sentence
- His mother tongue is a relatively conservative dialect of Aramaic.
Synonyms of mother tongue
mother tongue in other languages
- mother tongue in Hindi
- mother tongue in Marathi
- mother tongue in Urdu
- mother tongue in Bengali
- mother tongue in Telugu
- mother tongue in Malayalam
- mother tongue in Kannada
- mother tongue in Punjabi
- mother tongue in Gujarati
- mother tongue in Odia
- mother tongue in Sinhala
- mother tongue in Nepali
- mother tongue in Pashto
- mother tongue in Tagalog
- mother tongue in Arabic
- mother tongue in Malay
- mother tongue in Indonesian
- mother tongue in Persian
- mother tongue in Thai
- mother tongue in Vietnamese
- mother tongue in Myanmar
Questions about mother tongue in Tamil
- What is the meaning of mother tongue in Tamil?
- Mother tongue in Tamil is தாய்மொழி (tāymoḻi), தாய் மொழி (tāy moḻi).
- mother tongue என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Mother tongue: தாய்மொழி (tāymoḻi), தாய் மொழி (tāy moḻi).
- What does mother tongue mean in English?
- Mother tongue means the language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mother tongue (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. 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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