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  2. Sharp (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Sharp is an English language surname, cognate to the German scharf. It is also akin to words which have the sense of scraping, e.g. Latin scrobis 'ditch', Russian skresti 'to scrape'. [citation needed] Recorded variations of the surname include Sharp, Sharpe, Shairp, Sharpes,Sharps [1] and the diminutives Sharpin, Sharplin and Sharpling.

  3. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    The origin of this word cannot be conclusively attributed to Malayalam or Tamil. Congee, porridge, water with rice; uncertain origin, possibly from Tamil kanji (கஞ்சி), [7] Telugu or Kannada gañji, or Malayalam kaññi (കഞ്ഞി). [citation needed] Alternatively, possibly from Gujarati, [8] which is not a Dravidian language.

  4. Subramaniam - Wikipedia

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    The etymology of the name is from Sanskrit; however, a common translation is "pure, white, fresh", or "clarity in full". Proposed translation is derived from merging two common Sanskrit words su-bra- ( सु ), meaning "white, clear" or "transparent," and ani-ya , meaning wearing ; the name translates precisely as "person with Transparent ...

  5. Balasubramaniam - Wikipedia

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    Balasubramaniam is derived from the Sanskrit words balu meaning "young" and Subramaniam (itself derived from the Sanskrit words su, meaning "auspicious" and brahmanyam, translated loosely as "auspicious effulgence of the Supreme Spirit").

  6. Talk:List of English words of Tamil origin - Wikipedia

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    Eventhough there is no meaning for the word 'Glabra' in Tamil, this clearly shows the origin of this word. I will try to give the history behind the Tamil word 'Rice'. The word 'Harvest' is also of Tamil origin. The Tamil word is 'Aruvadai'. [User:ChandarSubramanian on sep 23, 2005 at 1510 Hrs IST].

  7. Tamil Lexicon dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Tamil Lexicon (Tamil: தமிழ்ப் பேரகராதி Tamiḻ Pērakarāti) is a twelve-volume dictionary of the Tamil language. Published by the University of Madras , it is said to be the most comprehensive dictionary of the Tamil language to date.

  8. List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official ...

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    The Tamil language is native to Tamil Nadu , Puducherry (India) and Sri Lanka, where most of the native Tamil speaking population is highly concentrated. Tamil is also recognized as a classical language by the Government of India in 2004 and was the first language to achieve such status. [1] Tamil is one of the 22 official languages of India. [2]

  9. Sharp Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese electronics company. [4] [5] It is headquartered in Sakai, Osaka, and was founded by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1912 in Honjo, Tokyo, and established as the Hayakawa Metal Works Institute in Abeno-ku, Osaka, in 1924. [6]