pollam
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil [script needed] (paiyam), from Sanskrit प्लयति (playati, “he guards”), probably akin to Sanskrit पिपर्ति (piparti, “he brings over, rescues”).
Noun
pollam (plural pollams)
- A district in India held in feudal tenure by a poligar.
- 1828, The East Indian gazetteer, volume 1, page 363:
- Of the tracts situated in the Southern Carnatic, consisting of Tinnevelly and the Manapar pollams, and the two Marawars of Ramnad and Shevagunga, and the western pollams, the Madras presidency had collected the tribute since 1792.
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) pollam