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semivowel meaning in Tamil

அரை உயிர்

semivowel in Tamil: அரை உயிர். In English, semivowel means a sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.

Tamil words for semivowel

அரை உயிர்

English meaning of semivowel

  1. noun A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.
  2. noun A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.

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Questions about semivowel in Tamil

What is the meaning of semivowel in Tamil?
Semivowel in Tamil is அரை உயிர்.
semivowel என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Semivowel: அரை உயிர்.
What does semivowel mean in English?
Semivowel means a sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.

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