Tavatam, T膩va峁璦m: 1 definition
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: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconT膩va峁璦m (喈む喈掂疅喈瘝) noun < 喈む喈脆瘝鹿- [迟丑补锄丑鹿-] + 喈掂疅喈瘝. [vadam.] [Telugu: 迟腻惫补岣峚尘耻.]
1. Sacred el忙ocarpus beads; 喈夃喁佮喁� 喈む喈班喈曕瘝喈� 喈喈侧瘓. 喈曕喁佮喁嵿喈苦喁� 喈む喈掂疅喈瘝 喈喈む瘝喈む喈侧瘒 喈呧喈曕疅喈瘝. [uruth thirakka vaithiya malaiyagarathi kazhuthile thavadam manathile avagadam.]
2. Necklace; 喈曕喁佮喁嵿喈苦喈｀喈瘉喈喈侧瘓. [kazhuthilaniyumalai.] Local usage
3. A mode of wearing the sacred thread round the neck like a garland; 喈瘋喈｀瘋喈侧瘓 喈喈侧瘓喈喈曕喁� 喈む喈苦畷喁嵿畷喁佮喁佮喁�. [punulai malaiyagath tharikkumurai.] 叠谤腻丑.
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T膩va峁璦m (喈む喈掂疅喈瘝) noun perhaps from 喈む喈脆瘝喈掂瘉 [thazhvu] + 喈囙疅喈瘝. [idam.] See 喈む喈掂喈瘝 [thavalam], 1. (喈喈脆瘝喈瘝喈喈｀喁嵿喁� 喈喈┼喈瘝喈喈畷喈班喈む [yazhppanathu manippayagarathi])
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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