பகரம்

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Tamil[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Dravidian *pakal (“daylight”).

Noun[edit]

பகரம் • (pakaram)

  1. lustre, splendor, brightness, brilliance
  2. beauty, comeliness

Etymology 2[edit]

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate with Malayalam പകരം (pakaraṁ).

Adverb[edit]

பகரம் • (pakaram)

  1. instead, in exchange

References[edit]

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “பகரம்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
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