Body parts name in Tamil with pictures

Body parts in Tamil: word list with pictures

30 words · tap 🔊 to hear each one in Tamil.

Picture	English	Tamil	Say it	Listen
	Head	தலை	talai	🔊
	Hair	முடி	muṭi	🔊
	Face	முகம்	mukam	🔊
	Eye	கண்	kaṇ	🔊
	Ear	காது	kātu	🔊
	Nose	மூக்கு	mūkku	🔊
	Mouth	வாய்	vāy	🔊
	Lips	உதடு	utaṭu	🔊
	Tongue	நாக்கு	nākku	🔊
	Teeth	பல்	pal	🔊
	Cheek	கன்னம்	kaṉṉam	🔊
	Chin	தாடை	tāṭai	🔊
	Neck	கழுத்து	kaḻuttu	🔊
	Shoulder	தோள்	tōḷ	🔊
	Arm	கை	kai	🔊
	Elbow	முழங்கை	muḻaṅkai	🔊
	Hand	உள்ளங்கை	uḷḷaṅkai	🔊
	Finger	விரல்	viral	🔊
	Thumb	கட்டைவிரல்	kaṭṭaiviral	🔊
	Nail	நகம்	nakam	🔊
	Tummy	வயிறு	vayiṟu	🔊
	Back	முதுகு	mutuku	🔊
	Knee	முழங்கால்	muḻaṅkāl	🔊
	Leg	கால்	kāl	🔊
	Foot	பாதம்	pātam	🔊
	Toe	கால்விரல்	kālviral	🔊
	Brain	மூளை	mūḷai	🔊
	Heart	இதயம்	itayam	🔊
	Lungs	நுரையீரல்	nuraiyīral	🔊
	Bones	எலும்பு	elumpu	🔊

Body parts in Tamil are among the very first words a baby learns, often in games on a grandparent's lap: "கண் எங்கே?" (kan engae?, where is the eye?). This page has 30 body parts with pictures and clear audio, from தலை (thalai, head) and முடி (mudi, hair) to பாதம் (paatham, foot), plus four inside the body: brain, heart, lungs and bones. Tap a picture to hear it in Tamil and English, then play Find it.

Face parts name in Tamil

Start with the face. Your child can see it in a mirror and touch every part:

Watch the sounds: கண் (eye) and கன்னம் (cheek) start the same, and மூக்கு (nose) and நாக்கு (tongue) rhyme. Rhymes like these make easy little games: "Touch your மூக்கு, show your நாக்கு!"

Arms, hands, legs and feet in Tamil

In everyday Tamil, கை (kai) means both arm and hand, and கால் (kaal) means both leg and foot. The game uses more exact words so children can tell parts apart: உள்ளங்கை (ullangai) is the palm, "inside of the hand", and பாதம் is the foot. Notice how Tamil builds names:

• முழங்கை (muzhangai, elbow) and முழங்கால் (muzhangaal, knee) both start with "muzham". One bends the arm, the other bends the leg.
• விரல் (viral) is finger. கட்டைவிரல் (kattaiviral) is thumb, "the short thick finger", and கால்விரல் (kaalviral) is toe, "leg finger".
• நகம் (nagam) is nail, தோள் (thol) is shoulder, கழுத்து (kazhuthu) is neck, முதுகு (muthugu) is back and வயிறு (vayiru) is tummy.

Inside the body: internal body parts in Tamil

Five- and six-year-olds love learning what is inside. The game includes மூளை (moolai, brain), இதயம் (idhayam, heart), நுரையீரல் (nuraiyeeral, lungs) and எலும்பு (elumbu, bones). Simple activities make them real: put your child's hand on their chest after running to feel the இதயம் beat, or take a big breath together and say "the நுரையீரல் fill with air like a balloon".

Songs and games for body parts in Tamil

1. Sing it in Tamil. Use the tune of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" with தலை, தோள், முழங்கால், கால்விரல். Speed up each round.
2. Where is it? "மூக்கு எங்கே?" Your child points. Then swap: your child asks and you point, sometimes wrongly, for giggles.
3. Bath time. Name each part as you wash it. Deepavali's oil bath, when oil is rubbed from head to foot, is a perfect naming moment.
4. Draw around your child. On a big sheet, trace their body and label parts together in Tamil.
5. Mirror play. Make faces in the mirror: open வாய், close கண், puff your கன்னம்.

Body words everywhere

Once your child knows a few parts, use them in other games. Animals have body parts too: the யானை has a long trunk and big காது. Ask about them on animals in Tamil. Count fingers and toes with numbers in Tamil: பத்து விரல்கள், ten fingers. For feelings, emotions for kids shows happy, sad and angry faces; ask what the கண் and வாய் are doing in each. The English and Hindi body parts name game covers the same 30 words.

Body care, habits and safety

Body part words help children talk about their health and needs. "வயிறு வலிக்குது" (my tummy hurts) is a very useful sentence. Tie the words to good habits: brush your பல், cut your நகம், wash your கை before eating. It is also a good time to teach, calmly, that some parts are private and that your child can always tell you if anything feels wrong.

For children with speech delay, pointing counts as learning. Keep to five parts, repeat them daily, and use the fewer choices setting. If you have concerns about speech or hearing, talk to your paediatrician.

பெற்றோருக்கு

உடல் உறுப்புகளின் பெயர்கள் குழந்தை முதலில் கற்கும் சொற்களில் சில. "கண் எங்கே? மூக்கு எங்கே?" என்று விளையாடுங்கள். குழந்தை தொட்டுக் காட்டினாலே போதும்.

குளிக்கும்போது ஒவ்வொரு உறுப்பின் பெயரையும் சொல்லுங்கள்: தலை, கழுத்து, கை, கால். "தலை, தோள், முழங்கால், கால்விரல்" என்று பாடி ஆடுங்கள்.

பெரிய குழந்தைகளுக்கு இதயம், நுரையீரல், மூளை, எலும்பு பற்றிச் சொல்லுங்கள். ஓடிய பிறகு நெஞ்சில் கை வைத்து இதயத் துடிப்பைக் கேட்கச் சொல்லுங்கள்.

How to use this page at home

Say it, then find it

Play for a few minutes, then look for the same thing away from the screen: tamil words on the shelf, in the kitchen, on the way to school. A child learns a word properly when they meet it twice, once on the screen and once in their hand.

Ten minutes is enough

Short and happy beats long and tired. Stop while your child still wants more, and come back tomorrow: the same page on five short days teaches far more than one long sitting. Nothing here is scored, so there is no reason to push.

Use both languages

Tap the language button at the top to hear the words in your home language first and the second language after. Hearing the same picture named in two languages is one of the few things research agrees builds attention as well as vocabulary.