தெம்மாடி

Tamil

Etymology

Cognate with Malayalam തെമ്മാടി (temmāṭi). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɛmːaːɖɪ/, [t̪ɛmːaːɖi]

Noun

தெம்மாடி • (temmāṭi)

1. senseless person, fool, incompetent fool

References

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