Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s26.t3: 7.23.3 Honorific singular
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s26.t3
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7.23.3 Honorific singular
c27.s26.t3.1
Human nouns (masculine and feminine) have the honorific singular suffix *-ar*/*-ār*:
c27.s26.t3.2
| *ācāriyar* | 'preceptor' | 115.4 |
| *ācirikaru* | 'preceptor' | 116.5 |
| *kiḻār* | 'landowner or eminent person' | 84.2 |
| *tāyiyaru* | 'mother' | 83.3 |
| *māṇākkar* | 'disciple' | 115.5 |