Where does “குற்றியலுகரம்” come from?

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

குற்றியலுகரம் (Tamil): an occurrence in Tamil where the final /u/ sound of certain alphasyllabic letters such as கு, சு, டு, து, பு, று is pronounced with a /ɯ/ sound

Definitions

  1. an occurrence in Tamil where the final /u/ sound of certain alphasyllabic letters such as கு, சு, டு, து, பு, று is pronounced with a /ɯ/ sound

Ancestry of “குற்றியலுகரம்”, step by step

குற்றியலுகரம் 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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