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泰米爾

简泰米尔 · 繁泰米爾

Mandarin · pinyin Tài mǐ ěr

Tamil

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泰: tài · great, exalted, superior; big; hexagram ䷊
米: mǐ · hulled or husked uncooked rice
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尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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4–3–3 · Tai4 mi3 er3

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(Mainland China, Hong Kong) Tamil (ethnic group)
Thamel (a commercial neighborhood of Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal)

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