தாழ்மை

Tamil

Etymology

From தாழ் (tāḻ, “to lower, be under”) +‎ -மை (-mai, “-ness”). Cognate with Malayalam താഴ്മ (tāḻma) and Kannada ತಾಳಿಮೆ (tāḷime).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪aːɻmɐɪ̯/

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Noun

தாழ்மை • (tāḻmai) (uncountable)

1. humility, humbleness

   Synonym: பணிவு (paṇivu)

Declension

ai-stem declension of தாழ்மை (tāḻmai) (singular only)
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	தாழ்மை tāḻmai	-
Vocative	தாழ்மையே tāḻmaiyē	-
Accusative	தாழ்மையை tāḻmaiyai	-
Dative	தாழ்மைக்கு tāḻmaikku	-
Genitive	தாழ்மையுடைய tāḻmaiyuṭaiya	-
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	தாழ்மை tāḻmai	-
Vocative	தாழ்மையே tāḻmaiyē	-
Accusative	தாழ்மையை tāḻmaiyai	-
Dative	தாழ்மைக்கு tāḻmaikku	-
Benefactive	தாழ்மைக்காக tāḻmaikkāka	-
Genitive 1	தாழ்மையுடைய tāḻmaiyuṭaiya	-
Genitive 2	தாழ்மையின் tāḻmaiyiṉ	-
Locative 1	தாழ்மையில் tāḻmaiyil	-
Locative 2	தாழ்மையிடம் tāḻmaiyiṭam	-
Sociative 1	தாழ்மையோடு tāḻmaiyōṭu	-
Sociative 2	தாழ்மையுடன் tāḻmaiyuṭaṉ	-
Instrumental	தாழ்மையால் tāḻmaiyāl	-
Ablative	தாழ்மையிலிருந்து tāḻmaiyiliruntu	-

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “தாழ்மை”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]