Where does “குற்றியலிகரம்” come from?

குற்றியலிகரம் (Tamil) comes from Tamil குற்று, from Tamil குறு — short, small, dwarf, concise.

குற்றியலிகரம் (Tamil): an occurrence in Tamil where a word that begins with a யகரம்}} is affixed with a குற்றியலுகரம், the latter variegates to form a half /i/ sound

Definitions

  1. an occurrence in Tamil where a word that begins with a யகரம்}} is affixed with a குற்றியலுகரம், the latter variegates to form a half /i/ sound

Ancestry of “குற்றியலிகரம்”, step by step

குற்றியலிகரம் traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil குற்று

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகுற்றுto pound
2Tamilகுறுshort, small, dwarf, concise

via Tamil இயல்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஇயல்to be able to, be possible
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