name
Meaning 1
Their language, written in the Tamil script.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Irula
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noun
Meaning 2
A member of a Dravidian ethnic group living around the Nilgiri mountains in India.
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noun
Meaning 3
a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: South Dravidian
History
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Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: ইরুলা (irula) — people
- Chinese Mandarin: 伊魯拉斯人 /伊鲁拉斯人 (yīlǔlāsīrén) — people
- Hindi: ईरुला (īrulā) — people
- Malayalam: ഇരുളർ (iruḷaṟ) — people
- Marathi: इरूलर (irūlar) — people
- Nepali: ईरुला (īrulā) — people
- Punjabi: ਇਰੂਲਾ (irūlā) — people
- Tamil: இருளர் (iruḷar) — people
- Tamil: இருளா (iruḷā) — people
- Hindi: ईरुला (īrulā) — language
- Malayalam: ഇരുള (iruḷa) — language
- Tamil: இருளா (iruḷā) — language