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shanmugam

/ˈʃʌn.mʊ.ɡəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
shan-mugam
IPA
/ˈʃʌn.mʊ.ɡəm/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Tamil.

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Tamil சண்முகம் (caṇmukam) / ஷண்முகம் (ṣaṇmukam), from Sanskrit षण्मुख (ṣaṇmukha).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: சண்முகம், षण्मुख

Inflected Forms

Shanmugams (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce shanmugam?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃʌn.mʊ.ɡəm/.
What does shanmugam mean?
A male given name from Tamil.
Where does shanmugam come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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