Girl · Tamil
Kanimozhi
கனிமொழிSay it KUH-ni-mo-zhi
- Meaning today
- Sweet words, sweet language
- Original meaning
- "kaṉi (ripe fruit, sweetness) joined with moḻi (word, speech)" Tamil Lexicon, p. 3378
- Say it
- KUH-ni-mo-zhi
- Written
- கனிமொழி
- Other spellings
- Kanimoli
Kanimozhi
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Kanimozhi meaning
Kanimozhi (கனிமொழி) is a Tamil girl's name.
Kaṉi (ripe fruit, sweetness) joined with moḻi (word, speech)
Also used to mean: sweet words, sweet language
Kanimozhi (கனிமொழி) joins kaṉi and moḻi. The Tamil Lexicon of the University of Madras gives kaṉi as ripeness, a ripe and mellow fruit, and sweetness, and moḻi as a word, a saying, and language or speech. Together they describe speech as sweet as ripe fruit, and name lists give "sweet words" or "sweet language". The compound is not entered in the Lexicon as a single word, but both its parts are everyday Tamil, and moḻi appears in many girls' names, such as Arulmozhi and Thenmozhi. The best-known bearer is the poet and politician Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Member of Parliament for Thoothukudi.
Source: Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (1924–36), p. 3378 · entry moḻi² (மொழி) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Tamil Lexicon, kaṉi (கனி), p. 838 · Tamil Lexicon, moḻi (மொழி), p. 3378 · Wikipedia, Kanimozhi (disambiguation) · Wikipedia, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi
Famous namesakes
- Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Tamil poet and Member of Parliament
How the name is built
- Kani கனி: ripeness; a ripe, mellow fruit; sweetness
Tamil Lexicon 838 - Mozhi மொழி: word; saying; language, speech
Tamil Lexicon 3378
Spellings
Kanimozhi · Kanimoli