Itankai, Iṭaṅkai, Itan-kai: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconIṭaṅkai (இடங்கை) [iṭaṅ-kai] noun < idem. +.
1. Left hand; இடக்கை. நெடுங்கோதண்ட மிடங்கையி லெ டுத்து [idakkai. nedungothanda midangaiyi le duthu] (திருவிளையாடற் புராணம் யானை. [thiruvilaiyadar puranam yanai.] 30).
2. Left-hand clan, one of the two clans into which some Dravidian castes in the Cōḻā country had separated themselves by about the 11th C.A.D. , such as the artisan against the agricultural — the feud arising chiefly from each claiming certain honours, such as riding a horse on marriage occasions, etc.; திராவிடர்களில் மரியாதைகள் விஷயமாகத் தங்களுக்குள் விரோதித்துப் பிரிவுபட்ட சாதியினருள் ஒரு பிரிவார். [thiravidarkalil mariyathaigal vishayamagath thangalukkul virothithup pirivupatta sathiyinarul oru pirivar.]
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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