அளம்

Tamil

Etymology

Cognate with Malayalam അളം (aḷaṁ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɐɭɐm/

Noun

அளம் • (aḷam)

salt pan
Synonym: உப்பளம் (uppaḷam)
saline soil
Synonym: களர்நிலம் (kaḷarnilam)
density, closeness
Synonym: செறிவு (ceṟivu)
maritime tract

References

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

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