எப்படி

Tamil

Etymology

From எ (e, interrogative base) +‎ படி (paṭi, “according to”). Cognate with Malayalam [Term?].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛpːɐɖɪ/, [ɛpːɐɖi]

Adverb

எப்படி • (eppaṭi)

(interrogative) how, in what way.
Synonyms: எவ்வாறு (evvāṟu), எவ்விதம் (evvitam), எங்ஙனம் (eṅṅaṉam)

நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? ― nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ? ― How are you doing?

References

Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “எப்படி”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]

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