Tamil · noun

பெயர்

peyar‘label of a person or thing’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
name
name
French
nom
nom
Hindi
नामnām
नाम
Telugu
పేరుpēru
పేరు
Tamil
பெயர்peyar
பெயர்
  • nameEnglish⟷nomFrench· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • nameEnglish⟷नामHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • nomFrench⟷नामHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • பெயர்Tamil⟷పేరుTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01பெயர் (peyar) is a Tamil noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('label of a person or thing') can be approximated as NAME in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03பெயர் is inherited from Reconstructed:Proto-Dravidian *peyar ‘name’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:name-pdr-ta0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  4. 04పేరు is cognate with ta பெயர் (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:name-cog-ta-te0.70
    • sourcededr0.70
  5. 05Aligned forms: English name (translation equivalent); French nom (translation equivalent); Hindi नाम (nām) (translation equivalent); Telugu పేరు (pēru) (cognate).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. *peyarReconstructed:Proto-Dravidian— inherited →பெயர் accepted
    dedr0.70
  2. பெயர்Tamil— cognate →పేరు accepted
    dedr0.70