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Welcome to the web's most popular free Modern English to Tamil Dictionary & Tamil to English dictionary online! You can search for Tamil to English translation, English to Tamil translation, or Numbers to Tamil word conversion. The number of words available for search in this online Tamil dictionary has already reached 200,000 and is still growing. You can use this Tamil dictionary as a Thesaurus also. In addition to providing you the matching Tamil words for your search, it also gives you related Tamil words.

You can use this online Tamil dictionary in three ways : translate English words to Tamil, translate Tamil words to English, translate numbers to Tamil words. The aim of this site is to help you to learn Tamil words and Tamil numbers easily.

You can also browse our large collection of lists of names of Indian spices and herbs, vegetables, fruits, flowers, fishes, animals, birds, etc., in Tamil and Hindi here.

You can also Download Modern Tamil mobile dictionary to your mobile phone.


Enter your English or Tamil word in the search box below and click 'SEARCH'

English -> Tamil (eg., mother)
Unicode Tamil -> English (eg., அம்மா)
Number -> Tamil (Max 9 digits, ie., 999999999)
 
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English to Tamil translation

For English to Tamil translation, enter your English word in the search box above and click 'SEARCH'.

Tamil to English translation

For Tamil to English translation, you have several options to enter Tamil words in the search box above.

1. Cut & Paste your Tamil words (in Unicode) into the box above and click 'SEARCH'. If you need a Unicode Editor, click here.

2. If you are familiar with Romanised Transliteration, you can select the Tamil --> English button above and start typing in English. While you type English letters, these will be automatically converted into Tamil letters. For e.g., if you type ammaa in English, it will be converted into அம்மா. Refer to the table below for unicode Tamil transliteration keyboard mapping.

Numbers to Tamil words

To translate numbers to Tamil words, select the Numbers --> Tamil button, enter the number in the search box above and click 'SEARCH'. Do not use separators, such as commas. For example, if you key in 555 and click SEARCH, this will be translated to ஐநூற்று ஐம்பத்து ஐந்து. The maximum number allowed is 999999999 (nearly one billion). This feature of our dictionary helps you to learn Tamil numbers very quickly.


Unicode Tamil transliteration keyboard mapping

Vowels - உயிர் எழுத்துக்கள்
a aa, A i ii, I u uu, U
e ee, E ai au o oo, O
Specials - ஆயுத எழுத்து 
q
Consonants - மெய் எழுத்துக்கள்
க் g, k ங் ng ச் c, s ஜ் j ஞ் nj
ட் d, t ண் N த் dh, th ந் w ன் n
ப் b, p ம் m ய் y ர் r ற் R
ல் l ள் L ழ் z, zh வ் v ஷ் sh
ஸ் S ஹ் -k


Tips for getting the best search results

  • This online Tamil dictionary uses Unicode Tamil fonts. If Tamil words do not appear correctly in the dictionary, download and install Unicode Tamil font from here.
  • Use single words instead of phrases or multiple words. The search automatically shows you the phrases containing the word.
  • If you are not sure of the complete spelling of a word, you can type part of the word, and the dictionary will suggest you related words.
  • Search for root words instead of derived words. For example, search for 'come' instead of 'coming'.
  • Search for singular words instead of plural. For example, search for 'tiger' instead of 'tigers'.


Translations available in Online Tamil Dictionary

You can search this online Tamil dictionary for the translation of the following. You can click the links below to view a list from the Tamil dictionary.


Download Tamil to English dictionary

  • If you want to download a Tamil dictionary software to your PC, you can download ILDC's free Tamil to English dictionary from here.

 

 

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