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பகரம்

Tamil edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Dravidian *pakal (“daylight”).

Noun edit

பகரம் • (pakaram)

  1. lustre, splendor, brightness, brilliance
  2. beauty, comeliness

Etymology 2 edit

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate with Malayalam പകരം (pakaraṁ).

Adverb edit

பகரம் • (pakaram)

  1. instead, in exchange

References edit

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “பகரம்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
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