Where does “புலனாய்வு” come from?
புலனாய்வு (Tamil) comes from Tamil ஆய்வு, from Tamil ஆய், from Tamil ஆ, from Old Tamil 𑀆, from Proto-Dravidian *ā — cow.
புலனாய்வு (Tamil): investigation (by a police or government department)
Definitions
- investigation (by a police or government department)
Ancestry of “புலனாய்வு”, step by step
புலனாய்வு traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tamil ஆய்வு
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil | ஆய்வு | investigation, research, study |
| 2 | Tamil | ஆய் | mother |
| 3 | Tamil | ஆ | The second vowel of Tamil, written in the Tamil script |
| 4 | Old Tamil | 𑀆 | cow; the female of an ox |
| 5 | Proto-Dravidian | *ā | cow |
via Tamil புலன்
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil | புலன் | — |