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Where does “ஆலம்” come from?
ஆலம் (Tamil) comes from Tamil -அம், from Old Tamil -𑀅𑀫𑁆.
ஆலம்
(Tamil): banyan
Definitions
banyan
Ancestry of “ஆலம்”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Tamil
-அம்
nominalizing suffix typically forms neuter nouns
2
Old Tamil
-𑀅𑀫𑁆
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Words derived from “ஆலம்”
ஆலங்கட்டி
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