அளம்
Tamil edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Malayalam അളം (aḷaṁ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
அளம் • (aḷam)
- salt pan
- Synonym: உப்பளம் (uppaḷam)
- saline soil
- Synonym: களர்நிலம் (kaḷarnilam)
- density, closeness
- Synonym: செறிவு (ceṟivu)
- maritime tract
References edit
- 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]