Chapter 7.1 Adjectives in Tamil

Tamil Adjective

In Tamil adjectives are made of adding suffixes to nouns. All words are either verbs or nouns and suffixes are added to make the nouns into adjectives and adverbs. We add “ஆன” to make a noun into a adjective in Tamil.

Example using +அன make adjectives In the following table look at the first column.

The suffix ஆன is added to the words to make it an adjective. We will see how this works in a sentence.

தாமரை அழகான பூ: Lotus is a beautiful flower.

நீளமான கயிறால் கட்டினான்: He used a long rope to tie.

அது பச்சையான சட்டை: That is a green shirt.

கடல் நீர் உப்பானது: Seawater is salty

அவர் உயரமான ஆள்: He is a tall man.

In nouns ending with ம் can be used as an adjective with the final ம் removed:

மர நாற்காலி wooden chair (மரம் = மர).

பணக்காரர் rich person (பணம் = பண).

Common Words

Here is a list of common words that are used with the proper suffix as adjectives in Tamil. You will notice that some of them have the suffix added to it already.