நீதிமொழிகள்

Tamil

Etymology

Compound of நீதி (nīti, “justice, law”) +‎ மொழிகள் (moḻikaḷ, “words, sayings”, plural of மொழி (moḻi)), literally translated as 'just sayings' or 'lawful words.'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪iːd̪imoɻiɡaɭ/

Proper noun

நீதிமொழிகள் • (nītimoḻikaḷ) (biblical, Christianity)

1. the book of Proverbs

Noun

நீதிமொழிகள் • (nītimoḻikaḷ)

1. plural of நீதிமொழி (nītimoḻi); maxims

Declension

See நீதிமொழி (nītimoḻi)

References

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