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अय्यर

अय्यर (ayyar) is a surname from Tamil. It is used in Hindi.

HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Ayyar.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

अय्यर comes from Tamil.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Tamil ஐயர்.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

अय्यर’s family of names

In Hindi usage, अय्यर as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as AYYAR. In Hindi usage, अय्यर as a surname was borrowed from the Tamil form ஐயர்.

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अय्यरAyyarஐயர்

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Across languages 1

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