Meanings
- A state in southern India. Capital: Chennai.
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Tamil Nadu is the second biggest market for small business credit, accounting for 9.3% of the national total, as per a joint report by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and credit bureau CRIF High Mark. As of June 30, 2025, Tamil Nadu had an outstanding small business credit portfolio of about ₹4.21 lakh crore, up 15.7% from ₹3.64 lakh crore as of June 30 2024, the report said. Maharashtra remained the largest market with ₹6.0 lakh crore in outstanding credit, while Tamil Nadu, Gujarat (₹3.69 lakh crore), Uttar Pradesh (₹3.61 lakh crore), and Karnataka (₹3.18 lakh crore) round out the top five by portfolio size. Uttar Pradesh registered highest outstanding portfolio growth of 20.7% on a year-on-year basis. The report defines "Small Business" as those businesses that have an aggregated credit exposure not exceeding ₹5 crore from the formal lending system.
2025 September 8, Sanjay Vijayakumar, “Tamil Nadu second biggest market for small business credit: study”, in The Hindu, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA state in southern India. Capital: Chennai.
Origin
Transliteration of Tamil தமிழ் நாடு (tamiḻ nāṭu, literally “Tamil country”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَامِيل نَادُو
- تَامِيل نَادُو (tamīl nadū)state in southern India
Bengali তামিলনাড়ু, তামিল নাড়ু
- তামিলনাড়ু (tamilnaṛu)state in southern India
- তামিল নাড়ু (tamil naṛu)state in southern India
Bulgarian Тамил Наду
- Тамил Наду (Tamil Nadu)state in southern India
Chinese Mandarin 泰米爾納德 /泰米尔纳德
- 泰米爾納德 /泰米尔纳德 (Tàimǐ'ěr Nàdé)state in southern India
Czech Tamilnádu
- Tamilnádustate in southern India
Finnish Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadustate in southern India
French Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadustate in southern India
German Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadustate in southern India
Greek Ταμίλ Ναντού
- Ταμίλ Ναντού (Tamíl Nantoú)state in southern India
Hebrew טאמיל נאדו
- טאמיל נאדוstate in southern India
Hindi तमिल नाडु, तामिल नाडू
- तमिल नाडु (tamil nāḍu)state in southern India
- तामिल नाडू (tāmil nāḍū)state in southern India
- तमिलनाडु (tamilnāḍu)state in southern India
Hungarian Tamilnádu
- Tamilnádustate in southern India
Irish Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadustate in southern India
Japanese タミル・ナードゥ州, タミル・ナードゥ
- タミル・ナードゥ州 (Tamiru-Nādu-shū)state in southern India
- タミル・ナードゥ (Tamiru-Nādu)state in southern India
Korean 타밀나두 주, 타밀나두
- 타밀나두 주 (Tamilladu ju)state in southern India
- 타밀나두 (Tamilladu)state in southern India
Latvian Tamilnāda
- Tamilnādastate in southern India
Lithuanian Tamilnadas, Tamil Nadu
- Tamilnadasstate in southern India
- Tamil Nadustate in southern India
Persian تامیل نادو
- تامیل نادوstate in southern India
Portuguese Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadustate in southern India
Punjabi ਤਾਮਿਲ ਨਾਡੂ
- ਤਾਮਿਲ ਨਾਡੂ (tāmil nāḍū)state in southern India
Russian Тами́л На́ду
- Тами́л На́ду (Tamíl Nádu)state in southern India
Slovak Tamilnádu, Tamilnád
- Tamilnádustate in southern India
- Tamilnádstate in southern India
Spanish Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadustate in southern India
Tamil தமிழ்நாடு, தமிழகம்
- தமிழ்நாடு (tamiḻnāṭu)state in southern India
- தமிழகம் (tamiḻakam)state in southern India
Thai ทมิฬนาฑู
- ทมิฬนาฑู (tá-min-naa-duu)state in southern India
Ukrainian Тамілнаду, Таміл-Наду
- Тамілнаду (Tamilnadu)state in southern India
- Таміл-Наду (Tamil-Nadu)state in southern India
Urdu تامل ناڈو
- تامل ناڈو (tamil nāḍu)state in southern India
Vietnamese Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadustate in southern India
Cite this entry
Tamil Nadu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamil%20Nadu
“Tamil Nadu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamil%20Nadu. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tamil Nadu,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamil%20Nadu.
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