English Meaning of pattan

Meaning of 'pattan'

s. (hon. pattanar) a grandfather; 2. a grand-father's or grand- mother's brother 3. an ancestor, a grandsire.

pattan puttan nalile, in the time of the ancestors.

irantam pattan, periya pattan, great grand-father.

munyam pattan, muppattan, grandfather's grand-father.

Meaning of பட்டன்

s. a learned man; 2. one of a class of Brahmins; 3. a bard, a poet, கவி பாடுவோன்.

பட்டாசிரியன், s. a learned man, the author of a sect.

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