Ankulam, Aṅkulam: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconAṅkulam (அங்குலம்) noun < aṅgula.
1. Finger; கைவிரல். கமலங்க ணிகரு மங்குலத் திருக்கை [kaiviral. kamalanga nigaru mangulath thirukkai] (மருதூ. [maruthurandathi] 48).
2. Inch, a measure of length, as a finger’s breadth; ஒருவிர லகலம். அங்குலத்தளவை யாமே [oruvira lagalam. angulathalavai yame] (கந்தபு. அண்ட. [kanthapu. anda.] 5).
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Aṅkulam (அங்குலம்) noun < aṅgula. Ring-finger; அணிவிரல். (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [aniviral. (agarathi nigandu)]
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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